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No conspiracy necessary; it's still troubling . . .
You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see all of the wreckage in the wake of the M$ machine (and, yep, I use XP, Office, Visio, even IE, etc.). Someone has a great idea and threatens the machine. Gates gets worried, purchases their soul and sells us a hollow imitation of the original.

Here's what we can look forward to:
An OS and applications with an increasing appetite for memory, a clunky and bloated, allegedly "user-friendlier" GUI, conveniently mysterious APIs (that somehow only the insiders know about), etc.

The bottom line: fewer simple, lean, effective freeware applications. But that's okay, we'll need a gig just to support the basics anyway, so why should the apps be lean?

Now all we need is for Symantec to join the coalition and suck up whatever resources the OS hasn't already consumed with "indispensable" always-on security software . . . oh, and that lovely pay (and pay and pay and pay) as you go licensing model.
Posted by: joelmw_z   Posted on: 09/27/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Not a great idea.  el1jones | 09/26/05
Palm had no choice, MS was taking the market from them.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/05
Conspiracy Theory revisited.  bjbrock | 09/27/05
So who is forcing you to buy anything?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/05
No tears here. Only facts.  bjbrock | 09/27/05
No facts, just a poorly worded insult.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/05
Ditto  bjbrock | 09/27/05
Match made in Hell  opensourcepro | 09/27/05
Licensing  Qbt | 09/27/05
All too true...  John Zern | 09/27/05
$3?  opensourcepro | 09/27/05
Here's the proof...  Qbt | 09/27/05
Your view seems slanted also!  zaphod@... | 09/28/05
You thought "Windows Everywhere" was just a slogan?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/05
Not a slogan... a threat  MacCanuck | 09/28/05
Conspiracy theory? Blah blah blah  marksashton | 09/27/05
No conspiracy necessary; it's still troubling . . .  joelmw_z | 09/27/05
Thoughtful reply but I disagree in one impt aspect  marksashton | 09/27/05
Oh boy...  Qbt | 09/27/05
I ask again, who has a gun to your head?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/05
Nothing but a good business decision here. They are hedging their bets.  DonnieBoy | 09/27/05
For once we agree Donnie...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/27/05
Future palm devices  Lord-dogbert_z | 09/27/05

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