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Given the importance of backwards compatibility for corporate Windows users and the history Microsoft has with the Justice Department, I find such a situation v
by w1ntermute 14y ago
Given the importance of backwards compatibility for corporate Windows users and the history Microsoft has with the Justice Department, I find such a situation very hard to fathom. Microsoft is not Apple - they cannot use the Reality Distortion Field to get away scot-free with imposing draconian restrictions on their user base.
- chongli 14y agoThey'll just turn on signed side-loading in the high-end corporate version of the OS; with Microsoft providing the (revokable) signing keys as part of the corporate site license. As for the Justice Department intervention? I wouldn't hold my breath.
- notimetorelax 14y agoIf pain deploying applications on Windows becomes greater than pain of switching to Linux (porting applications and training personnel) then Microsoft might have a problem.
- w1ntermute 14y agoThat doesn't sound backwards compatible to me. Businesses will just refuse to upgrade in such a scenario. And Microsoft made the mistake last time around of ignoring the Justice Department. They won't this time.