Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
fits survey vanilla
Nobody's infrastructure is the same, so it's unrealistic that you could do a vanilla survey that fits everybody.
backup bigger
Many of them, particularly if it's a bigger drive, will come with backup software. That really simplifies things for the user.
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When I look at Linux, the playing field isn't level because Microsoft is the incumbent.
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I wouldn't call it anti-competitive in the sense that Microsoft has made it very easy to change providers. On the other hand, Microsoft could have made it easier still... I don't see why it didn't avoid making problems for itself by making it drop dead easy to find another provider.
both products reached threshold version
Both products reached the 'good enough' threshold a version or so ago.
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The question to ask is: Who will care if Microsoft misses the date again. I've been saying since the (March) delay that from a sales perspective, January might as be July, that January release builds in room to move the date again, if needed.
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There are a number of ways Opera can make money off the browser, but all that requires volume. Removing the price tag and the banner ads increases the likelihood that more people will use the browser. More eyeballs means more revenue off the browser without charging for or putting banner ads in people's faces.
legal music services
There are legal services for downloading music and movies,
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When you introduce something new, it disrupts, and this increases things like help desk costs and employee downtime. So, to get to the benefits that come with this, they have to get past whatever retraining will be needed around the new user interface and any hardships around the new file format, which are always disruptive. These are two big hurdles Microsoft has to get around.
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With some applications you notice the emulation more than others. The applications may not be as responsive when you first open them. For the person that bought the Intel-based Mac and is looking for that performance increase, the bigger bang will come from the native code.
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From a latest and greatest perspective, some customers might be feeling bah humbug about their Christmas purchases.
accomplish needed perspective structure sure
From my perspective, I'm not sure why a new organizational structure is needed to accomplish that.
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I'd be shocked if we saw a scenario where a bunch of people went out, bought Macs, and only ran Windows on them.
wait
But we'll have to wait and see how that actually works.