Operating Systems will soon be a thing of the past?
Tuesday, February 25, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
So says an interesting article as NewsForge.com
MaxIreland
Reply #2 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:19 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:19 AM
TaoX, I couldn't have put it better myself! But surely using BIOS as an OS (for the sake of argument) would make the computer more security vulnerable!! The last thing you want to hackers have access to is your BIOS. As for windows not being the OS of the future, considering the foothold it has on the market, a replacement would need to be something really special.
Correct me if i'm wrong but these are just a few of my thoughts.
Max
Correct me if i'm wrong but these are just a few of my thoughts.
Max
dagwinn
Reply #3 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:58 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:58 AM
Then there's the article on C|Net this week about new developments in hardware control that can replace BIOS, which is long past its expected productive life anyway. IBM only expected BIOS to be used on 250,000 machines.
TaoX
Reply #4 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 12:16 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 12:16 PM
The only thing about windows being the OS of the future, is that Bill Gates would have to shoot himself in the foot and make buisness or people very mad. I could see this happening. Their policies are getting more dictating and forcing a company into upgrading to each and every new version of their software, or they'll have to pay huge amounts more if they don't. I've read that their latest policy is even worse. Its these sorts of things that I think *could* be the down fall of windows.
eidylon
Reply #5 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:25 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:25 PM
i agree that while windows is a well-grounded product, (and even starting to really polish up after all these years), the new policies and way MS is going with licensing and pricing, and their approach to the public will be the cause of their downfall if ever there is one. Even someone like MS can only expect to kick their customers around like a football for so long.
werewolf
Reply #6 Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:10 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:10 AM
I think Redmond is going to be reconsidering it's licensing and pricing policies in light of the gaining popularity of Linux and open source office suites. There is an article somewhere on ZDnet and probably other places which describes this.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:11 PM