Windows XP Ushers in New Era of Communications

Hey Microsoft. A personal computer is not a telephone. It is a computing device. Computing and communications can be put into the same box, but they remain two distinct things. If you weld a telephone into a car, does it become a communications device? Trying to rename computers is not going to solve your antitrust problem. Please get a clue and then give us a real operating system. Thank-you,

Do you like to wait for over? SCNR

Cheers

here here!

ag=ltnc

Interesting.... a clueless person is giving advice to an allegedly clueless corporation. Your knowledge level seems to reside somewhere at the brick

It is interesting, but wgaf has no argument so he avoids the subject. What flavor of computer aided design is the same as a communications program? How about financial analysis? How about word processing? Can your braininess see a distinct difference between photo production/editing software and a communications program? Computing and communications are two distinct programs, clumped together by a company which is trashing modular design in order to destroy other businesses.

: >> computing device. Computing and communications can be put into the : >> same box, but they remain two distinct things. If you weld a : >> telephone into a car, does it become a communications device? Trying : >> to rename computers is not going to solve your antitrust problem. : >> Please get a clue and then give us a real operating system. : >> Thank-you, : >> LShaping : > : >Interesting.... a clueless person is giving advice to an allegedly clueless : >corporation. Your knowledge level seems to reside somewhere at the brick : >level.... : : It is interesting, but wgaf has no argument so he avoids the subject. : What flavor of computer aided design is the same as a communications : program? How about financial analysis? How about word processing? : Can your braininess see a distinct difference between photo : production/editing software and a communications program? Computing : and communications are two distinct programs, clumped together by a : company which is trashing modular design in order to destroy other : businesses.

If the appeals court in the DOJ suit sides with Microsoft (and most people think they will), the incessant leveraging of Windows will not only continue but get much worse. Get those credit cards ready folks.

The one thing that will not be overturned is the decision that Microsoft is a monopoly. And in many ways, that is really crucial...for example, there are numerous class-action suits underway at this moment, Brazil has recently found MS to be a monopoly, the EU is about ready to screw MS royally, there is an investigation in Japan, and Sun has indicate they will sue MS. There may be others,

The pundits also thought the Supremes would expedite the case. The prior 2/3 appeals court decision was that tying Internet Explorer to Windows was benificial to consumers. How did they reach that conclusion? That part of their judgement is not part of this case, AFAIK. Also, Microsoft is back before the courts, partly because of the prior 2/3 judgement and lack of corrective action.

Yup. Duh. But Microsoft still argued that it is not. Go figure.

Whoever is guiding Microsoft's attorneys does not understand that it is in a court of law.

Computers process applications, be that word processing, photo editing, CAD, etc. Communication is part of computing, be that email, sharing files, etc. Integrating telephony services with the computers makes sense for some people. The modular design allows the users to select which feature they want to use. I fail to see how XP would destroy other businesses. If other products are better than Microsoft's, then they will have no problems. Following your logic, then IP telephony shouldn't exist either. There should be no reason to mix voice with data, right? After all, it might destroy phone companies.

I can't believe that a crook with the resources that Microsoft has would obtain incompetent legal services. I'm sure they all sorts of stuff up their sleeves that nobody can even begin to suspect.

You make it sound like there's no alternative vendors, which is not true.

That's a fight everyone should participate....