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Users are asking for features, not for yet more editions of Windows. Editions are merely a way to charge for those features and I don't think they are a good wa
by fauigerzigerk 9y ago
Users are asking for features, not for yet more editions of Windows. Editions are merely a way to charge for those features and I don't think they are a good way to do that.
Editions create barriers. They make you work around missing features that would force you into buying a much more expensive edition, so you learn to live without those features or replace them with other operating systems and free software.
- pjmlp 9y agoAgreed, there should only be Ubuntu.
- wolfgke 9y ago> Agreed, there should only be Ubuntu. You should better present your reasoning at https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/
- fauigerzigerk 9y agoOr Microsoft could use a pricing model that doesn't drive customers away needlessly.
- pjmlp 9y agoAway to where? You mean the year of the Linux Desktop Workstation?
- fauigerzigerk 9y agoSome will use Linux or Mac or a cloud based solution where possible (such as for GPGPU), but by far the most popular alternative to the latest and greatest Windows is some older, lesser Windows that doesn't create excitement or lock-in.
- pjmlp 9y agoNot at all around the enterprise customers I work with. No Macs in sight, other than some shared machines for iOS development, GNU/Linux is left for server development and everyone else is on Windows per IT policy.. And when I happen to attend a GDC related event, there are only Windows and OS X devices on sight. Some of those Mac laptops are actually running Windows.
- fauigerzigerk 9y agoAs I said, by far the most popular alternative is an "older, lesser Windows", which is almost synonymous with "enterprise". I think Microsoft makes some great software that isn't getting used as much as it could be.