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Old June 4th 14, 11:17 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Windows 9 will be for rent

http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245

What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in the
works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free.
For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a
subscription.

According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given
system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for
picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of the standard
Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.)

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Old June 5th 14, 12:59 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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one wrote on 2014/06/04:

http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245

What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in the
works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free.
For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a
subscription.

According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given
system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for
picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of the standard
Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.)


Request to have an alt.comp.os.windows-9 or alt.windows9.general
newsgroup created so your rumor mill would be on-topic over there.
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Old June 5th 14, 03:11 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 23:17:29 +0100, "one" wrote:

According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the given
system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud, ready for
picking via various apps and services.


By "services", I assume you mean 3 letter agencies, and by
"apps", their toys.

(Exactly how much of the standard
Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying about this rumor.)


What should worry you is the privacy and security of your
data. You realize you are describing a "legal" datamining botnet,
right ?
It's probably a probe to detect the % of sheep in the general
population. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Ignore it and it
will go away. Hopefully.
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Old June 5th 14, 06:28 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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one wrote, On 6/4/2014 6:17 PM:
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245


What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in
the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available
for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up
through a subscription.


Should have included the additional circumstantial information following
the above paragraph.

qp
That said, ZDNet's Foley has heard the opposite: different SKUs of
Windows will be offered for free or at different prices to OEMs and
consumers, but that the desktop version will indeed have a sticker price.
/qp

Likewise the second quote should include the subtitle and content
preceding the quote.
qp
Windows 9 reaches for the cloud
A vision for a smaller version of Windows with more apps sounds like it
lines up nicely with rumors that Windows 9 will focus heavily on cloud
computing. WZOR claims to have information that supports this idea,
pointing toward a Chrome OS-like operating system that requires an
internet connection.
/qp

According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the
given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud,
ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of
the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying
about this rumor.)


Both illustrate the problem with media attempting to predict and usenet
posts extracting content to substantiate a post title.

The only inevitable deliverable is that apps and services will continue
to be the norm (lol, and probably some form of the Modern UI Start
Screen - 8.0, 8.1, 8.1U1 all have it, and the next version will probably
continue with additional changes)

For the person who commented about apps and services - it does not
appear that tinfoil hats or free lunches will be included.g


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Old June 5th 14, 07:44 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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....winston wrote:

Both illustrate the problem with media attempting to predict and usenet
posts extracting content to substantiate a post title.


No matter what the possible outcomes of the baking operation
might be, we know the cake will use this for its ingredients.
This will help predict what they'll do.

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201203-201405

If Microsoft were to go with an entirely "walled garden",
which insures future revenue growth, will developers
write Metro applications for an OS with a 7% market share ?
That's the question. They're more likely to write applications
for Windows 7, at 50.5%.

Microsoft has lots of money in the bank, and can make
a lot of fumbles if it wants. And if it wants to
pursue only smart phone and tablets, that's a decision
they could easily make if they want. It might require
slimming down the company a bit though. That's perhaps
the part they can't come to terms with. But that's how
high tech companies work - they have boom and bust
cycles. And if you look at Google's strategy ("dabble
in everything"), you see a possible recipe to smooth
out those bumps in the road. But many traditional
companies are uncomfortable doing such things,
not knowing how to manage or foster them.

Paul
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Old June 5th 14, 08:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Paul wrote, On 6/5/2014 2:44 AM:
...winston wrote:

Both illustrate the problem with media attempting to predict and
usenet posts extracting content to substantiate a post title.


No matter what the possible outcomes of the baking operation
might be, we know the cake will use this for its ingredients.
This will help predict what they'll do.

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201203-201405

If Microsoft were to go with an entirely "walled garden",
which insures future revenue growth, will developers
write Metro applications for an OS with a 7% market share ?
That's the question. They're more likely to write applications
for Windows 7, at 50.5%.

Microsoft has lots of money in the bank, and can make
a lot of fumbles if it wants. And if it wants to
pursue only smart phone and tablets, that's a decision
they could easily make if they want. It might require
slimming down the company a bit though. That's perhaps
the part they can't come to terms with. But that's how
high tech companies work - they have boom and bust
cycles. And if you look at Google's strategy ("dabble
in everything"), you see a possible recipe to smooth
out those bumps in the road. But many traditional
companies are uncomfortable doing such things,
not knowing how to manage or foster them.

Paul


Managing growth (or desired growth) is always a bumpy road since the
efforts are based on predicting not the current users' desires but the
disposable income of future users.

It will continue to be a challenge for developer's to write new
desirable apps for Win 8. For Win7, since retail sales have ended and a
known end date for OEM the number of developer written applications for
Win7 would seem to have already peaked while maintenance of the same
applications would continue and to a certain extent with continued
applicability and compatibly to Win 7 and later.

Interesting chart...did you notice that 8.1 is not included in the graph
when the Tablet platform is included

What the graph does show when Mobile is included (not shown in your
link) is it's impact not just today but the future direction for all
players. Including Mobile drops both Win7 and XP usage much lower (38%)
and (11%) respectively and Win8 down to 5% (but excluding 8.1).

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Old June 5th 14, 10:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Paul nospam needed.com wrote:

And if it wants to pursue only smart phone and tablets, that's a
decision they could easily make if they want. It might require
slimming down the company a bit though.


Microsoft competing with Google and Apple for tablet supremacy
would be the first real personal computer competition and it would
be awesome.
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Old June 6th 14, 12:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Windows 9 will be for rent

Per one:
barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free.
For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a
subscription.


The Linux people must be grinning from ear-to-ear.
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Old June 6th 14, 01:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 07:48:05 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free.
For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a
subscription.


The Linux people must be grinning from ear-to-ear.


I'm sure they are. I wouldn't describe myself as a "Linux person"
whatever that is exactly, but it seems prudent to maintain a
reasonable level of familiarity with the system, against the day when
it becomes necessary, for reasons as much to do with sanity as
finance, to abandon Microsoft altogether.

Rod.
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Old June 6th 14, 05:07 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 04/06/2014 23:17, one wrote:

http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245



What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in
the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available
for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up
through a subscription.

According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the
given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the
cloud, ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how
much of the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's
worrying about this rumor.)



I think it looks like that we have reached a stage where further
improvements and new ideas are difficult to come by and so Microsoft
needs to find other ways to make sure its Revenue Stream isn't dried out
completely. So I won't be surprised if OS becomes subscription only
within the next 3 to 5 years depending on who is brave enough to start
developing Linux Applications on a commercial basis. Mind you, Linux
hasn't been developed yet for commercial use and that is why people are
using Windows. Even Apple is far behind when it comes to commercial
packages.

Linux and Apple Mac can only catchup with Windows when they have
reliable Accounting and Tax software packages. Without this they can't
succeed.

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Old June 9th 14, 06:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:07:15 +0100, Good Guy
wrote:

Linux and Apple Mac can only catchup with Windows when they have
reliable Accounting and Tax software packages. Without this they can't
succeed.


Why on earth would you pick such a random pair of application categories to
make your example?

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Oh. Never mind.


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Old June 9th 14, 11:56 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:48:02 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

Linux and Apple Mac can only catchup with Windows when they have
reliable Accounting and Tax software packages. Without this they can't
succeed.


Why on earth would you pick such a random pair of application categories to
make your example?


Because some people think the whole world uses the same criteria as
themselves.

Rod.
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Old June 9th 14, 08:06 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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In the last episode of ,
"(PeteCresswell)" said:

Per one:
barebones version of Windows 9 will be available for free.
For additional functionality, users would have to pay up through a
subscription.


The Linux people must be grinning from ear-to-ear.


All 6 of them are probably very happy.

The rest of the world won't know or care, since all of the existing
purchase options are still going to be available, the only difference is
that this seems to be a new ad-supported option that drops the base
price of Windows even cheaper while allowing Microsoft to maintain a
profit.

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Old June 10th 14, 06:21 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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G. Morgan wrote:
Paul wrote:

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201203-201405


"Sorry, JavaScript is required to view Global Stats charts"

I have JS enabled.



Try a Javascript test page ?

http://www.javatester.org/javascript.html

http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/jscript.html

I wonder if it is the version of javascript
that is a problem...

I have a relatively ancient Firefox, and Javascript
on that is 1.8, while on Opera, it was 1.5.
On IE6, it was 1.3. The graph displays on all
three, but doesn't look identical.

Would having NoScript enabled do that ?

Paul

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Old June 13th 14, 11:36 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 04/06/2014 4:17 PM, one wrote:
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...umours-1029245


What the collective has heard exactly is that a prototype version is in
the works in which a barebones version of Windows 9 will be available
for free. For additional functionality, users would have to pay up
through a subscription.

According to the leaker group, the core of Windows 9 will live in the
given system's BIOS, while the rest of the OS will reside in the cloud,
ready for picking via various apps and services. (Exactly how much of
the standard Windows functions would be left out is what's worrying
about this rumor.)


I like it. So we can buy PCs without the Microsoft royalty?

Buy a PC and load Linux would help laptop and desktop sales as there
would be a price drop in not having to pay M$.

Less NSA keys that way too.

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unemployment, debt and discontentment.
 




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