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Windows 7 One version petition

heatlesssun said:
Nobody has to be unethical and yet it happens all the time. People are people with flaws. All people in all stations in life.
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That is a very wise statement. Of course, it is hard to define what ethics are. Some times, it is based on the popularity of point of views as the people's cultures change over time. Another hand, people's ethics can changed and persuaded when others show their expression underneath their meanings. Isn't that reason, everyone has their beliefs and niche to follow? But, if a person has to stand in the grey area of the safety zone, they have to spend too much time making each decision. Most of time, they will be standing still.
 
this petition is stupid. The only versions most people should consider are home premium, business, and ultimate. How is it hard to decide between those three? XP had home, pro, and MCE. At least with vista and 7 there is a version that includes every feature.
 
Actually, this time around I don't see anyone getting Ultimate.

The big reason people would buy Ultimate (at least in my book) was so that they could enjoy a Remote Desktop server combined with Windows Media Center. If you didn't want WMC, you could get business. If you didn't want an RDP server, you could get Home Premium.

If you look at the features chart for Win7, you'll see Win7 Professional actually includes Media Center. The only features relegated to Ultimate/Enterprise are the following:

  • BitLocker
  • AppLocker
  • DirectAccess
  • BranchCache
  • Multilingual features
  • Virtual hard disk booting

I don't know about you guys, but the only one remotely tempting to me is VHD booting. Home Premium will be plenty for most people, and Pro will be a perfect fit for people like me. Ultimate (which is simply Enterprise, but you can buy it at retail) looks like it would only really appeal to Enterprise customers, or really hardcore devs.

Let's just hope they don't just jack Pro up to Vista Ultimate's price point.
 
Klob said:
I signed it. :)
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Nobody will notice that you did, and nothing will be done about it.
MS only cares about what sells.
Nix distro writers only care about what they, themselves, want in an OS.
Apple could care less anymore about anything or anyone that is not Steve Jobs, besides they have enough die hard fans to easily ride out their niche for the next twenty years,(as long as Jobs is still around anyway)..
 
GORANKAR said:
Nobody will notice that you did, and nothing will be done about it.
MS only cares about what sells.
Nix distro writers only care about what they, themselves, want in an OS.
Apple could care less anymore about anything or anyone that is not Steve Jobs, besides they have enough die hard fans to easily ride out their niche for the next twenty years,(as long as Jobs is still around anyway)..
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Perhaps a little cynical but not untruthful. I do think that Microsoft does a pretty good job of working with customers and partners, more than they get. It only sells if somebody wants it.

I think that the Linux community thinks that it has great offerings on the desktop and it does but the development is kind of in a vacuum of regular users.

Apple is an appliance company. They have great appliances and services in the form of desktop computers, media players/PDA's, and now phones. They have simple to use and robust products that have a perceived uniqueness about them. They have great days then they've had bad days, now they are having great days again. They'll probably do ok this year but I would expect to see significant slow down if only because of the economy. And after a while there's only so may times they reinvent the already invented.
 
DRM would not be an issue if people didn't steal things that were not theirs. I'd like to say thanks to all those people who steal stuff making DRM an unwanted fact of life......
 
GORANKAR said:
Nobody will notice that you did, and nothing will be done about it.
MS only cares about what sells.
Nix distro writers only care about what they, themselves, want in an OS.
Apple could care less anymore about anything or anyone that is not Steve Jobs, besides they have enough die hard fans to easily ride out their niche for the next twenty years,(as long as Jobs is still around anyway)..
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Yea, so? I signed it anyway just because I felt like it. Just like I would sign a petition to stop selling fur coats even though I know it won't stop it. Helps me to sleep better at night.
 
Linux Distros-
Enough is enough! When you released Linux, you released multiple versions that were all priced differently according to different feature levels. This led to confusion and frustration amongst your users.

Amiga released one version of AmigaOS and in the process made fun of your Linux release. It is a mistake to release multiple versions of Linux. You have a chance to correct the mistakes of your Linux release, and one of the major ones to start with is not releasing multiple versions of Linux.

One version of the software will not just avoid market confusion, but it will ease acceptance by users because they will not be faced with the same issue they were with Linux- what version they should choose.

You will sell more copies of Linux, make your OEM vendors happier by saving them a headache, and make the pc world a better place.

So one more time- Linux Distros- Release only one version of Linux!
 
The difference being that most distros of Linux are free so no money is wasted if you buy the wrong version. You just go download another version for free.
 
Klob said:
The difference being that most distros of Linux are free so no money is wasted if you buy the wrong version. You just go download another version for free.
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But then how much time did you just waste? Free isn't necessarily free and that's why Linux hasn't taken the desktop by storm. The cost savings tend to be dramatically overstated.
 
Klob said:
Yea, so? I signed it anyway just because I felt like it. Just like I would sign a petition to stop selling fur coats even though I know it won't stop it. Helps me to sleep better at night.
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I guess I just never imagined that multiple versions of Win7 could cause anyone to lose sleep.
But, as long as you are sleeping better, I guess it's all good.
 
It's amazing how the almighty dollar seems to always find its way into such discussions. I tell people that raw dollar cost is simply not something to use as a point of contention and they don't get it. There's a lot more involved to "the cost of running an OS" than just the dollars you spend (or don't spend) on the installation media.

Why some folks never grasp that is beyond even me...
 
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