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Old 09-20-2012, 12:43 PM   #76
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Except that MS won that one on the appeal just by not getting broken apart. It also has approval to lock any ARM-based Surfaces into Win8, so it wouldn't be a far stretch to extend monopolistic behavior to other parts of the OS as well.
Do you have an example of a software program that Microsoft blocked from running on it's OS? Because I can't think of one, and I've been using PCs since the DOS days--there were programs that wouldn't run on Windows, but that was because the companies that sold the program didn't write a version for Windows. Even in the days of the "browser wars" MS didn't actually block other browsers from running on it's operating system. I've been running "alternative" browsers and "office" suites on Windows since they existed.

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The outcome of the election might determine how things really go, because each political party has a differing stance on how far government should go to regulate business, and whether or not Economic Darwinism is an inherently good thing.
Straying in to politics here...be careful. We don't want to get this thread moved, too.

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Old 09-20-2012, 01:07 PM   #77
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During the United States Microsoft antitrust case in 1998, Intel vice president Steven McGeady, a witness called by the government, said on the stand that a senior executive at Microsoft told him in 1995 of his company's intention to "cut off Netscape's air supply".
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The first browser war ended with Internet Explorer having no remaining serious competition for its market share. This also brought an end to the rapid innovation in web browsers; until 2006 there was only one new version of Internet Explorer since version 6.0 had been released in 2001.
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:21 PM   #78
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But MS did not prevent other browsers from running on Windows, which was the question asked.
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:48 PM   #79
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Except that MS won that one on the appeal just by not getting broken apart. It also has approval to lock any ARM-based Surfaces into Win8, so it wouldn't be a far stretch to extend monopolistic behavior to other parts of the OS as well.
I disagree with that stretch. I believe that the reason MS sought to be able to lock the ARM Surfaces was to make it more attractive for enterprise deployment. A tablet OS that can be tightly controlled by the company deploying it. Holders of Enterprise licenses can even deploy (via a special sideloading functionality) their own in-house Metro apps.

(While I haven't tried it myself, I believe the rest of us can accomplish the same thing with a Developer Certificate.)

I haven't seen anything to indicate that the main OS is turning into a walled garden. There certainly aren't any remaining surprises for Win 8 - the release preview has been in use since the Spring, and it was released to market last month.
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Old 09-20-2012, 03:18 PM   #80
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Work provided Smartphones are turned off when work is finished. I've had a few altercations with my bosses about this, but I'm adament that when I'm not on the corporate dime, I'll do whatever pleases me.
I'm lucky because I don't use company phones nor do I take work home. When I clock out, I don't think about work again until I clock in the next day.
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Old 09-20-2012, 04:35 PM   #81
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I read it perfectly well. I asked where he saw that in the original post that I was replying to.
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Yeeesh. I was thinking about a Win8 tablet, but it's DOA at those prices.
You seem to be talking about Win8 tablets in general, not ASUS Win8 tablets in particular, same as in this post:
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I don't own a laptop. What originally attracted me to Win8 tablets were the early rumors that they were going to very reasonably priced. Since that isn't the case, at least in this instance, I don't see any advantage in getting a Windows 8 tablet when I could get an iPad for the same or less, or an Android tablet for much less.
HansTWN's reply was simply meant to point out that there are cheaper models of win8 tablets out there. The early rumors that you mentioned in your post were about the MS Surface which is the one that he mentioned in reply to yours.
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Imagine you are working at a computer all day. At the end of the day, you pull your tablet out of the dock and head for home. It switches from wifi/ethernet to 4g for the ride home them wifi again once you get home. You get an email that requires attention beyond the capability of an email response, so you drop your tablet into a dock in your home office and proceed to solve the problem. In the morning you head to the airport with your tablet in tow. You keep in touch with the office as you travel to your destination. When you arrive at the hotel, you drop your tablet into the hotel's docking station and have the use of a full blown computer station. When you arrive at your business meeting, you again plug in your tablet for full computer access.
I've been waiting for years for a device like the one suggested. The ultimate device for me will be a phone that I can carry with me all the time, but still allows me to easily connect to a docking/charging station with large display and my usual external keyboard. So just one device for all my needs.
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Old 09-20-2012, 09:57 PM   #83
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You seem to be talking about Win8 tablets in general, not ASUS Win8 tablets in particular, same as in this post:

HansTWN's reply was simply meant to point out that there are cheaper models of win8 tablets out there. The early rumors that you mentioned in your post were about the MS Surface which is the one that he mentioned in reply to yours.
Cheaper models at $399, that are 2x what the original rumored prices were. That's not a bad price for a full-sized tablet, but if the Asus prices are typical, or even close, then Win8 tablets are DOA.
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Old 09-20-2012, 10:44 PM   #84
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This is why you don't announce a product without prices or release dates.
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Old 09-20-2012, 11:24 PM   #85
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This is why you don't announce a product without prices or release dates.
On the contrary, that IS why you do that. What good is having a glitzy event that is immediately dampened by price and availability date? If these things were announced at that event we wouldn't be talking about windows 8 tablets now.
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You assume all publicity is good publicity.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:06 AM   #87
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btw: I'm not negative on Win8 at all. I'm looking forward to see what they're going to do in phones when the announcement finally comes next month. I'm just not impressed by this announcement, at all. We'll see. I thought if anyone could really take Apple's iPad to the mat and score a win it'd be Microsoft.
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if anyone could really take Apple's iPad to the mat and score a win it'd be Microsoft.
Samung seems to be doing a pretty good job in the phone arena. Don't count them out as competitors to the iPad.
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I've been waiting for years for a device like the one suggested. The ultimate device for me will be a phone that I can carry with me all the time, but still allows me to easily connect to a docking/charging station with large display and my usual external keyboard. So just one device for all my needs.
Two words for you; ASUS Padfone.
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Cheaper models at $399, that are 2x what the original rumored prices were. That's not a bad price for a full-sized tablet, but if the Asus prices are typical, or even close, then Win8 tablets are DOA.
I disagree; I think there are many people who will buy at these prices, especially for business use. I'm planning to buy a Win8 tablet, but I'll wait and see what else comes out before deciding which one to buy.
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