iMav said:
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Why do you think they are shipping open source OS with Branded Computers rather than going with MS XP or Vista.
@gx, since you don't at all understand the point that i made, I'll explain it to you once again.
There is a very good reason why I told DX10 for 98. And you yourself with your explanations give the answer that MS wants everyone to hear and not at all understand what it actually implies. The same business tactic that you are talking about that MS uses is what no one likes and that's what is taking it down, not the products. And that is what is implied when I say "bad company with bad customer ethics"
Some of the forum users who are familiar with what I say might realize that althought I know the technical aspect of things, when I speak, I speak from the very common home users perspective. And that is something that not lot of companies do. They get carried away by so many things that the average home users needs are shunned. And that is what unfortunately people like you are also doing, not looking at the very basic picture.
I'll give you and example, when I mean DX10 for 98. From a very standard home users perspective who doesn't know much about kernel changes or what DX10 really means, he has only one question, why can't Win98 support DX10 when I've paid for it? The price at launch for Win98 was approx $100. Now, as far a standard home user is concerned, he's paid $100 for a product, so why can't it support DX10? That is where you will come with points about kernel being too large or the Maruthi Zen concept. I understand the point you are trying to make, but you don't seem to understand what that implies. I've told so many times not to compare things with something that is totally differnt and yet you compare. So, I'll take your comparison and tell you where you forgot to look for the answer!
Now, yes, you will need to upgrade from time to time when there are newer models available whether it's a car or a piece of hardware. This is where I told as in previous posts asking why MS is not letting it's users upgrade at a fair discounted price because they have a previous version of windows and not force them into paying a propostorous price and abandon the previous OS completely. This is where you are overlooking the point. Now, you might say, oh, when you upgrade, obviously you have to buy a new copy and there is not point in getting an upgrade copy for a lesser price or that you are not going to get a new car at a discounted price just because you got another car of the same company.
Let me bring back your concept of Maruthi Zen, when you get a new engine and it doesn't fit in your car, you will need to get a new one but here, you are not throwing away the previous car you had, you sell it and get a price which inturn is going to be a part of the cash that you use to buy a new car! The same with hardware, when you upgrade, you sell off your previous hardware and make some cash which you use to get a new one, so effectievely you are paying lesser for a new piece of hardware!
But the problem is that you can't sell old sofware! no one will buy old second hand sofware and then comes the issue of piracy if you sell that copy you had! Do you see where I'm coming from? This is the whole difference and stop comparing again with something irrelevant if you don't know how things work.
Again, from a standard users view, I don't care if it's impossible because I've paid for it! Why did they take money from me if they can't do it? That's where I'm asking you as to why Companies like MS are not selling their OS at a discounted rate as an upgrade for people who already have another version!!!! On top of that, they dont' allow you to sell your previous sofware because then it amounts to piracy, what the heck is all this? This is called forcing if you still can't figure it out!
Do you see where you are being blindfolded @gx? So, the next time you start arguing and saying things like, oh, how kiddish are you and I know how much of an admin you are, learn to understand what someone says actualy implies! And likeI told you in so many other threads, go learn "respect" because kids like you really need to learn it before you grow up.
