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the story basicly says microsoft will be doomed cause of the falling prices of pc's hehe where will all you script kiddies be withought ur big flashing buttons?? i dont think we would have tha majority of computer users without microsoft what you all think would u still be here without ms? i know i would cause i used macs and ataris etc hehe luv the old school puters ohh well
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RiOtEr
OS's will have to be free. Not eveyone wants to pay for them anymore....
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=220432
ESR made the following comment
Let's say for arguemnt's sake that this theory is valid. When can we expect the average PC price to fall to $350? This could take years even decades. And in computer-time, that's generations! By the time this happens the PC world will be so profoudly advanced and different that it is impossible to assess the viability of any current corporation's future marketing strategies. MS might be dead by then. Linux might be dead by then. I doubt it, but how can you make these sorts of predictions with any certainty?Quote:
When the price of a PC falls below $350, Microsoft will no longer be viable
I have complete respect for ESR (this guy is a god IMHO) but really, how can someone expect to make any sort of accurate prediction taking into account the computer industry's rate of growth and evolution. It's just not feasible. But it makes you wonder what the next ten years has in store for us. We can only wait and see :).
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the story basicly says microsoft will be doomed cause of the falling prices of pc's hehe where will all you script kiddies be withought ur big flashing buttons?? i dont think we would have tha majority of computer users without microsoft what you all think would u still be here without ms? i know i would cause i used macs and ataris etc hehe luv the old school puters ohh well
Microsoft doomed your phucking nutss! Macs suck and anyone who operates one sucks 2!
Of all the "consumer" directed operating systems, this is the joker inh the pack! Only apples high prices and proprietary parts prevented the Mac from becoming the computer on every hackers desk. Yes it has loads of tools (like every other O.S) However it doesn't lend itself to upgrade and repair so well as a PC does, so if your poor like me on a limited budget this is not for you MACS SUCK!!!!
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tELL ME Exactly what I am suppose to do alchol phucking rules 5 flamming dr peppers 151 proof and some hacking make you a real man!!!
mr dos how can u make a desicion on a person and their skills by what os they choose to use mac was easy to use and faster than most pc at time sure more expensive but who was complaing i mean i post a interesting link and instead of attacking the link you attack me personaly this is why AO forums are heading down hill attacking peoples charachters instead of ideas now i use linux am i lame cause i dont use microsoft? or what if i use a sparc am i lame for not using a pc? think about what u have said it doesnt make sense attacking me because of wht i choose to use
RiOtEr
i can see it now.. bill gates in his basement.. drinkin alcho.. burning all MS source codes.. den shoots himself.. den no one will know what the MS Windows source code anymore.. the secret dies wid him.. heheh
Microsoft wants to set up home users with a licensing program similar to the one businesses use. Instead of buying a piece of software, basically you will lease it. After a year, you can renew your current license for another year, or lease the license to the newer version. This will be with all MS products including Office, XP, and whatever else they wish to charge for. Of course this will allow them to lower prices on the short term, but they will cost much more over the long run.
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mr dos how can u make a desicion on a person and their skills by what os they choose to use mac was easy to use and faster than most pc at time sure more expensive but who was complaing i mean i post a interesting link and instead of attacking the link you attack me personaly this is why AO forums are heading down hill attacking peoples charachters instead of ideas now i use linux am i lame cause i dont use microsoft? or what if i use a sparc am i lame for not using a pc? think about what u have said it doesnt make sense attacking me because of wht i choose to use
You posted a interesting link is that what you think? I think it's bullshit personally! AO forums are heading down hill because real people speak their mind thats pretty phucked up if you ask me! I am attacking people's charachters <---lol Now I understand why no one like's this site! I posted a bunch of links for other web sites and I put antionline.com as my favorite but so many people responded antionline.com sucks or no one likes JP everyone hates this site because everyone acts like they own this site or they act like there to good for anyone else! I promise you if you go to any other web site they are not hurling insults at each other or worried about stupid points which mean **** by the way. You people measure how smart someone is by the green blocks above their name thats stupid not everyone is a kiss ass like most of the antionline.com members..
I only see a few doing such as you Dr.Dos. It's funny how people get booted then come back with a different name to talk trash. You are just an ASS HOLE.........Period. Let people enjoy themselves *****......................
tsk tsk.. u wanna know what real skill is??? real skill is where a person can master ANY operating system and make the security so tight that if u stick a coal between it it turns to diamond in seconds..Quote:
Microsoft doomed your phucking nutss! Macs suck and anyone who operates one sucks 2!
Of all the "consumer" directed operating systems, this is the joker inh the pack! Only apples high prices and proprietary parts prevented the Mac from becoming the computer on every hackers desk. Yes it has loads of tools (like every other O.S) However it doesn't lend itself to upgrade and repair so well as a PC does, so if your poor like me on a limited budget this is not for you MACS SUCK!!!!
Skill and leetness doesnt lie on the O/S.. its in the user.. its the user that makes the o/s.. not the o/s makes the user..
dr dos if u have knew me u would know i am against ao points to start with and seriously other people seem to like the post cept u gee so u think that it could be your problem??
yes jp isnt much liked in the hacking comunity but do u know why i doubt it and every time some one says somthing its free publisicity for jp so i think he dont care?! seriously how muc do u know u said u dont have to have an ip address to hack me?? yeah ok i think you need tyo do a serious evaluation even ur favourite tool sub 7 needs an ip adreess i sugest u read some tutorials at www.blacksun.box.sk and come back when u have some knowledge
RiOtEr
Can't JP start banning this Kiddiot poser's IP?
smirc - $350, closer than I used to think. Now you can get new ones for 400-450 with warranty. Ok so they are not the best and fastest but just yesterday I was at a store and these were the prices.
microsoft is a software company and not a computer manufactur like IBM, remember that IBM
asked microsoft to write an os 4 them which is dos.
and the price of ms win pograms are always expensive, try to purchase win xp prof
Difficult, unless they have a fixed IP, which is unlikely, because otherwise they would have an address which is dynamically assigned by their ISP.Quote:
Bill Gates reverse engineered DOS to make it: Microsoft-DOS...what a loser.Quote:
microsoft is a software company and not a computer manufactur like IBM, remember that IBM
asked microsoft to write an os 4 them which is dos.
and the price of ms win pograms are always expensive, try to purchase win xp prof
...What a wealthy genius.
Darn I just payed $149 for Win 2000 oh plus tax . Good write off for my girlfriend .Quote:
OS's will have to be free. Not eveyone wants to pay for them anymore
u all missed the point of the article i think it was reffering to the fact that when pc start to cost 350 new not going to happen for a while but it will happen that it will not be worth them to put windows on their becuase they will loose money so we might see microsoft loosing money and eventually disapear if they dont revavluate the cost etc
thanks
RiOtEr
Yes, but you can block everything from a certain set of IP's/from a certain router...all depends on who else uses the same ISP as him/is in the same area. (Although come to think of it, I don't suppose we could ban a whole AOL dialup server :) )Quote:
Originally posted here by Therealmaster
Difficult, unless they have a fixed IP, which is unlikely, because otherwise they would have an address which is dynamically assigned by their ISP.