Steve R.
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Seems that Microsoft is busy "locking" computers into Windows. Ostensibly, Microsoft is a software company yet they are "forcing" hardware manufactures to configure PCs so that they will be limited to Window 8. This story is covered in the June 10, 2012 issue of ZDNET.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes: "The fly in the soup is that by default only Windows 8 will run on these systems, so no Linux, no BSD, heck, no Windows XP for that matter. ... And, in the meantime, all the Linux desktop vendors are going to have to address the UEFI issue. By year's end, many, if not most, mass-market PCs are going to be sold with Windows 8 and that in turn will mean there's no easy way to boot them into Linux. "
Though the story involves Linux, it is really a story of one company (Microsoft) using its corporate power to frustrate the owner of a PC to manage their PC as they see fit. There are several links at the bottom of the story. In following the links; the news only gets more depressing.:banghead:
Even the Washington Posts notes that: "Windows Phone 8: No support for current devices"
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes: "The fly in the soup is that by default only Windows 8 will run on these systems, so no Linux, no BSD, heck, no Windows XP for that matter. ... And, in the meantime, all the Linux desktop vendors are going to have to address the UEFI issue. By year's end, many, if not most, mass-market PCs are going to be sold with Windows 8 and that in turn will mean there's no easy way to boot them into Linux. "
Though the story involves Linux, it is really a story of one company (Microsoft) using its corporate power to frustrate the owner of a PC to manage their PC as they see fit. There are several links at the bottom of the story. In following the links; the news only gets more depressing.:banghead:
Even the Washington Posts notes that: "Windows Phone 8: No support for current devices"
:banghead: Its the old question. Do 85% of computers run windows because people want them to or because 85% of people don't know any other OS exists (when was the last time you saw a TV ad for another OS?)
