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And replace it with what? Companies that will charge 30% of all the money for content that goes through their devices?

rbanffy 16y ago
False dichotomy alert! Getting rid of Microsoft doesn't imply going to Apple. You must realize that there are other entities in this market, frequently offering better products, often for free. Getting rid of a company that despises fair competition, that promotes bogus standards in order to confuse the market instead of doing something it once did adequately: build products its users want, would be quite good for the market. But you get some points for writing an answer. It seems others just opted to downvote what they don't like to read.
- Enlightenment 16y ago
  You are delusional to think that Microsoft should recommend another non-IE browser.
- Joeri 16y ago
  What market? It's damn hard finding PC's preinstalled with linux (that have normal sized screens), and it's not easy finding compatible devices for those PC's. Sure, nerds always have choice, but for joe sixpack it's microsoft or apple. There is no other choice.
  - rbanffy 16y ago
    > It's damn hard finding PC's preinstalled with linux I always wonder why things like these happen... > and it's not easy finding compatible devices for those PC's. Funny. Just about everything I plug into my Linux notebooks works flawlessly. Even my non-jailbroken iPod has no problem syncing with it. The 90's called. They want their excuse back. > Sure, nerds always have choice, Sure we do. We, nerds, have choice and we can create choice where there is none. We nerds can jailbreak locked-up tablets, phones and videogames. But we also want to help Joe Sixpack get a better, safer computer, if, for no other reason, to stop the spam zombies. Actually, we do things like these because we are generous. We want everybody to have cool toys.
astrodust 16y ago
What's their take on XBox 360 games? Oh, yeah, about that.
- recoiledsnake 16y ago
  The XBox is not being billed as a 'Post-PC era' device unlike the iDevices.
  - rbanffy 16y ago
    Microsoft will never sell a post-PC device until their main revenue depends on PC software... In time they will, but now now and not in the next couple years.
    - rbanffy 16y ago
      oops... "until most of their revenue no longer depends on..." Sorry. Too late to edit.

False dichotomy alert! Getting rid of Microsoft doesn't imply going to Apple. You must realize that there are other entities in this market, frequently offering better products, often for free. Getting rid of a company that despises fair competition, that promotes bogus standards in order to confuse the market instead of doing something it once did adequately: build products its users want, would be quite good for the market. But you get some points for writing an answer. It seems others just opted to downvote what they don't like to read.

Enlightenment 16y ago
You are delusional to think that Microsoft should recommend another non-IE browser.
Joeri 16y ago
What market? It's damn hard finding PC's preinstalled with linux (that have normal sized screens), and it's not easy finding compatible devices for those PC's. Sure, nerds always have choice, but for joe sixpack it's microsoft or apple. There is no other choice.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  > It's damn hard finding PC's preinstalled with linux I always wonder why things like these happen... > and it's not easy finding compatible devices for those PC's. Funny. Just about everything I plug into my Linux notebooks works flawlessly. Even my non-jailbroken iPod has no problem syncing with it. The 90's called. They want their excuse back. > Sure, nerds always have choice, Sure we do. We, nerds, have choice and we can create choice where there is none. We nerds can jailbreak locked-up tablets, phones and videogames. But we also want to help Joe Sixpack get a better, safer computer, if, for no other reason, to stop the spam zombies. Actually, we do things like these because we are generous. We want everybody to have cool toys.

astrodust 16y ago

What's their take on XBox 360 games? Oh, yeah, about that.

recoiledsnake 16y ago
The XBox is not being billed as a 'Post-PC era' device unlike the iDevices.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  Microsoft will never sell a post-PC device until their main revenue depends on PC software... In time they will, but now now and not in the next couple years.
  - rbanffy 16y ago
    oops... "until most of their revenue no longer depends on..." Sorry. Too late to edit.