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post #21 of 37
10/31/12 at 6:35pm
^ yea "it's cheap" would have been a similarly gross yet more likely useful generalization.
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10/31/12 at 6:36pm
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Well, that's a gross generalization.


They have a "apple" store that looks like apple, runs like apple, feels like apple, yet.....it's all rip offs. There patent/trade/IP standards are not in line with the rest ofthe worlds
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post #23 of 37
10/31/12 at 6:37pm
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They have a "apple" store that looks like apple, runs like apple, feels like apple, yet.....it's all rip offs. There patent/trade/IP standards are not in line with the rest ofthe worlds

Case in point: Let's drive a Hongda.
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post #24 of 37
10/31/12 at 7:05pm
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This thread speaks to something many people think is a problem, but to the end user in the future will be a real gain: Competition. It is a part of the market that the average mainstream user forgets is necessary in a market, what with many industries seeing more or less dominance by one or two companies doing relatively the same thing. Even if one group remains dominant, they are still forced to make efforts to attract the users of other products (which most likely hold their interests due to features and capabilities that the dominant force lacks), and this results in them making their product better, sometimes in radically large steps, as we've seen Microsoft do recently.

I'm not saying that competition is a bad thing. Without competition, there would be no such thing as "personal computers". The point I was trying to make is that Microsoft has been the dominant OS developer for most of the history of personal computing, and that alone is enough to carry them through the occasional rough spot. Too many people have been tied to Microsoft for too long to just jump ship. With enough time and enough missteps, a competitor may be able to dethrone MS, but it won't happen overnight, and it won't happen due to an unpopular revision or 2. Like the original article said, people would rather coast through a bad revision by sticking with the previous release instead of moving to a completely different OS.
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10/31/12 at 7:37pm
It survived through Vista, it can do it through 8.

And yes, Linux is just as different as 8 from 7.
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10/31/12 at 7:40pm
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I'm not saying that competition is a bad thing. Without competition, there would be no such thing as "personal computers". The point I was trying to make is that Microsoft has been the dominant OS developer for most of the history of personal computing, and that alone is enough to carry them through the occasional rough spot. Too many people have been tied to Microsoft for too long to just jump ship. With enough time and enough missteps, a competitor may be able to dethrone MS, but it won't happen overnight, and it won't happen due to an unpopular revision or 2. Like the original article said, people would rather coast through a bad revision by sticking with the previous release instead of moving to a completely different OS.

No you're right, I'm not disagreeing with you. I think what I was trying to say is that people who think large-scale adoption of other OSs is not gonna happen because of the superiority of Microsoft should actually be hoping that it become a market pressure, so's to push the big fish into getting some exercise. I suppose I should also point to the fact that there are developing markets out there who haven't had major exposure to Windows, and the OSs will be on a pretty much even keel in those markets when they become up-to-date.
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10/31/12 at 7:46pm
check india!they buy cars made by tata motor!i dont dish the car it is very inexpensive and get the job done,but luxury wise.there are thing lacking!yet i bet they sell a lot or will sell a lot of those!me?i look forward to see a mobile mips linux unit!tablet ?why not!from what i hear mips is a very good design!need refining but gees the rest of the industry has been polishing a subpar design for decade and it isnt too shaby now!
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post #28 of 37
10/31/12 at 7:53pm
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False. Chinese market thrives off stealing. It can't steal Linux, thus it has no interest in it
Oh I just read your sig. I guess that excuses all your comments' shortcomings

The Chinese market thrives off getting everything for as cheap as possible, real or not.
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check india!they buy cars made by tata motor!i dont dish the car it is very inexpensive and get the job done,but luxury wise.there are thing lacking!yet i bet they sell a lot or will sell a lot of those!me?i look forward to see a mobile mips linux unit!tablet ?why not!from what i hear mips is a very good design!need refining but gees the rest of the industry has been polishing a subpar design for decade and it isnt too shaby now!

Get a new translator.
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post #29 of 37
10/31/12 at 7:55pm
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It survived through Vista, it can do it through 8.
And yes, Linux is just as different as 8 from 7.

Vista was bad but.. remember WindowsME?!? lmao.
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10/31/12 at 7:57pm
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I'm not saying that competition is a bad thing. Without competition, there would be no such thing as "personal computers". The point I was trying to make is that Microsoft has been the dominant OS developer for most of the history of personal computing, and that alone is enough to carry them through the occasional rough spot. Too many people have been tied to Microsoft for too long to just jump ship. With enough time and enough missteps, a competitor may be able to dethrone MS, but it won't happen overnight, and it won't happen due to an unpopular revision or 2. Like the original article said, people would rather coast through a bad revision by sticking with the previous release instead of moving to a completely different OS.

And along with people now championing Windows 7 and Microsofts confirmation that they will be offering ongoing support for Windows 7 until 2020, that fact will be very evident in the future.
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