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| Time: 06:15 EST/11:15 GMT | News Source: Ars Technica | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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There is a growing consensus of opinion forming that Windows "Seven" will be "modular," the concept being that you buy the core OS first and then add to it individual "modules" with logically distinct units of functionality. There are two ways the OS could be modularized in such a fashion, the first being that it could be split into functional "roles," such as "music" or "movies" or "mail & chat." The other option, which is a bit more radical, would be to build on the "Windows Live" software that updates/replaces some of the OS components. For example, Vista's Windows Photo Gallery is replaceable with Windows Live Photo Gallery. The Live version is similar in concept, but includes greater online integration and features.
With both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, we can see the first few steps in this modular direction, albeit in different ways. Windows Server 2008 has as one of its major features the idea of "roles". Rather than installing everything and the kitchen sink, with 2008 you install the base OS and then choose one or more roles, such as Active Directory domain controller, Web Server, or Print Server, and the software components to support those tasks are installed accordingly. | ||
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| #1 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 4/7/2008 7:17:23 AM |
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The day MS implements subscription services for OS features is the day I buy a MAC. Antivirus is one thing, but I don't want to have to pony up $9.99 a month for "Media Center". Pretty soon, we'll be getting itemized Microsoft bills in the mail that resemble Comcast bills.
No Thanks! |
| #2 By 49656 (72.197.174.24) at 4/7/2008 9:40:25 AM |
| Oh, subscriptions are coming for sure. Thats what WGA is all about. To see how effective they are at finding discrepancies and then shutting of parts of windows. Because paying for something once, simply isnt enough anymore. We need to pay every month. And once this happens, watch the subscription prices start to creep up like gasoline. Once they have you locked in, what else you gonna do? Simply ditching windows for a mac isnt what the vast majority of people would do and they know it. |
| #3 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at 4/7/2008 10:19:54 AM |
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#1 I could not agree more!
#2 Are you sure? I am not. Customers ditched many products that they felt were not a good deal; did you remember the Circuit City time bombed DVDs? |
| #4 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 4/7/2008 11:39:24 AM |
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I have no problem paying a premium for the quality software components that I desire. I just don't want to rent them. We have too many little service fees in our lives now, and all of them are nickel-and-diming us out the wazoo:
Cell phones, ISPs, Telephones, Music Services and other Internet Services, Cable/Satellite TV Somebody stop the madness!!! |
| #5 By 82766 (202.154.80.82) at 4/8/2008 12:06:13 AM |
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@rxcall... referring to your list of "monthly subscription/payments/service fee's".
Unfortunately that is exactly reasoning as to why the subscription model is the future of computing :-( Most people don't mind handing over "small amounts of cash" per month but they usually do mind handing over lump sum's. I'm sure their thinking is "if we charge you this amount per month, you won't mind actually paying twice the amount over a two year period hehe!" Unfortunately "in the future" (within 5 years) I believe it's going to be like this with nearly everything we use in life :-( |
| #6 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 4/8/2008 7:12:28 AM |
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If people stopped to think for a minute and add all of this crap up, maybe they would care.
However, I guess "thought" is a little much to ask of a culture where people making 70K a year buy 500k houses with ARMs, then declare bankruptcy when the rates change. |
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