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...by abandoning Windows
I don't mind Windows, but you're right, it needs to be trimmed, a lot. Maybe the stripped-down Windows project will help.
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...by abandoning Windows  killerbunny | 03/03/08
Trimming  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
No bloat....  bportlock | 03/03/08
Quality software takes up space  catechumen@... | 03/03/08
Holy brainwashing Batman  jheine | 03/03/08
OMG...You Brainless Piss Ants  jessie.kriste@... | 03/03/08
It was satire, silly...  masonwheeler | 03/04/08
RE: Quality software takes up space..  bfilipiak@... | 03/04/08
Windows ME advancements ? ? ? ?  hkommedal | 03/04/08
9.5- Nicely understated  r_widell | 03/04/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 03/03/08
Linux does have less bloat, but  MisterMiester | 03/03/08
RE: Windows: Time to Go on a Diet  haraldf | 03/03/08
One day we'll look back and laugh ....  kd5auq | 03/03/08
Untangling IE from the kernel ...  JonathonDoe | 03/03/08
IE has never been a part of the Windows kernel  toadlife | 03/03/08
Subject was truncated.....  toadlife | 03/03/08
Kernal or not  IT_User | 03/03/08
You are babbling now  toadlife | 03/03/08
Misspelling equates to babbling?  IT_User | 03/03/08
Sorry, I thought you were...  toadlife | 03/03/08
Extreme Flexibility?  ralderson | 04/09/08
Braindead know nothing  fr0thy@... | 03/04/08
My car is paid off Mr Mad  toadlife | 03/05/08
IE never part of Windows  fr0thy@... | 03/04/08
Calm down son  toadlife | 03/05/08
Agree  Axsimulate | 04/02/08
Spot on. And kill DRM before it "kills"  hkommedal | 03/04/08
RE: Windows: Time to Go on a Diet  aureolin@... | 03/03/08
Thats not considered to be drastic  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
It Takes A While To See All The Work Done In Vista  P. Douglas | 03/03/08
Dear Steve Ballmer  bmgoodman | 03/03/08
Oh!  P. Douglas | 03/03/08
In a few years.........  Ole Man | 03/03/08
Hey just what we need!  IT_User | 03/03/08
Wow...talk about  zeb 1 | 04/16/08
Give me a brake  freygr | 04/16/08
Compared to....  nucrash | 03/03/08
Linux and Mac footprints  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
Hmmm, that's funny...  techboy_z | 03/03/08
NeXT history  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
Thanks  techboy_z | 03/04/08
Microsoft needs to go on a diet  Chad_z | 03/03/08
Having Bright People Is Not Enough  ralderson | 04/09/08
I will never understand these types of blogs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/03/08
Interesting  IT_User | 03/03/08
maybe one doesn't want to choose something else  voska1 | 03/03/08
There are two philosophies  frgough | 03/04/08
I'll never understand this type of response.  storm14k | 04/15/08
I could care less about size of install...  Narg | 03/03/08
Terrible Article  Rodney Davis | 03/03/08
Agreed. Especially the part about TCO.  ye | 03/03/08
Have desktop support costs gone up or down in the past 10 years?  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
I don't know...do you? (nt)  ye | 03/03/08
For us, they went down drastically...  toadlife | 03/03/08
Likewise  IT_User | 03/03/08
Not the question  Rodney Davis | 03/03/08
Yeah, it does  IT_User | 03/03/08
Yeah what does?  ye | 03/03/08
Cetainly agreed  IT_User | 03/03/08
But they're still not being forced to upgrade.  ye | 03/03/08
Gee, are we losing track of a point?  IT_User | 03/03/08
@IT_User: Why are you losing track of the point?  ye | 03/03/08
Certainly agreed  IT_User | 03/03/08
Forced  voska1 | 03/04/08
IOW: They're not forced.  ye | 03/04/08
ummm,...no  jessie.kriste@... | 03/03/08
Why does Solaris 10 require...  ye | 03/03/08
Solaris 10 is not an end-user desktop OS  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
Yes it is.  ye | 03/03/08
Not for mass market use  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 03/03/08
Mass market use is irrelevant.  ye | 03/03/08
I'm with you my friend  catechumen@... | 03/03/08
Try to calculate in the increase in wasted  hkommedal | 03/04/08
Try to calculate the increase in  hkommedal | 03/04/08
ZDNET: Please fix talkbacks  toadlife | 03/03/08
Yes, it looks like......  Ole Man | 03/03/08
Agreed  Michael Kelly | 03/03/08
Hang on now...  wolf_z | 03/04/08
EXACTLY ! ! (nt)  hkommedal | 03/04/08
I Will Never Understand Why ZDNet  itanalyst2@... | 03/03/08
That Was Meant For No_Crap  itanalyst2@... | 03/03/08
Conspiracy: ms and hardware mfgrs.  kraterz | 03/03/08
I posted about this a year ago!  Unbreak | 03/04/08
Big and fat  whisperycat | 03/04/08
RE: Windows: Time to Go on a Diet  jjs@... | 03/04/08
osxbloatagraph?????  furtherpale@... | 03/04/08
And your point is maybe get Linux?  mikifinaz1@... | 03/05/08
RE: Windows: Time to Go on a Diet  JoeRJr | 03/06/08
RE: Windows: Time to Go on a Diet  zeb 1 | 04/16/08
RE: Windows: Time to Go on a Diet  dimonic | 06/14/08

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