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On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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<volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: |
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>> On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 |
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>> Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: |
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>> > > I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon |
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>> > > and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the |
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>> > > smartphone market. |
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>> > |
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>> > Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is happening for 15 years |
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>> > now. |
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>> > |
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>> > Are we dead yet? |
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>> Fine comment. |
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>> Yes indeed, Microsoft's *real* cash cow - millions of corporate |
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>> desktops running $LATEST_WINDOWS and $LATEST_OFFICE are all going to |
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>> die out inthe next year. Not. |
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> and in corporate speak that means Windows XP and Office 2003/2007 |
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> because they work, they don't get in the way of doing things, the people are |
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> trained and nobody needs to smudge around on the screen, |
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The most effective way I can imagine for keeping me on-task: Force me |
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to use a Windows XP workstation. |
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I won't be using _any_ personal credentials through the web browser or |
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any other part of the system. I'm not taking that risk on a |
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post-support version of Windows. |
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*grouses about people holding back, forcing the usage of particularly |
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insecure versions of operating systems* |
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*grouses at the IPv6 luddites, too; I'd love to use SSL on more |
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domains, but I only have one IPv4 server IP to work with.* |
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