Comments on: Are we slaves of Micro$oft? http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/ Thoughts on technology and society Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: laurent http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1375 laurent Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:26:37 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1375 Welcome to mac. Before Vista I could argue that windows was a decent choice. Now that I saw how slow and complicated windows as become, it's really hard to argue against OSX Welcome to mac. Before Vista I could argue that windows was a decent choice. Now that I saw how slow and complicated windows as become, it’s really hard to argue against OSX

]]> By: Tom http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1372 Tom Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:39:00 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1372 I'm just in the process to switch over from MS to Mac and I'm absolutely amazed how intuitive and naturally connected everything is. Thats how I wanted my Windows to be for the last 10 Years... And I'm a, so called, power user ... as well as ex- supporter .. so I know how to handle Windows... anyway, there are so many people using windows, thats its just naturally that there will be a whole lot more tools available for Windows.. But..as always.. it's not the quantity that counts ;-) I’m just in the process to switch over from MS to Mac and I’m absolutely amazed how intuitive and naturally connected everything is.

Thats how I wanted my Windows to be for the last 10 Years…

And I’m a, so called, power user … as well as ex- supporter .. so I know how to handle Windows…

anyway, there are so many people using windows, thats its just naturally that there will be a whole lot more tools available for Windows..
But..as always.. it’s not the quantity that counts ;-)

]]> By: laurent http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1338 laurent Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:16:16 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1338 For the grand public things will take a lot of time. We are prisoners of Microsoft, but with a more knowledge - or in Apple's case more money! - you can escape this situation. And things are getting better. But it's true that we aren't there yet, and consumer electronics are pretty much locked into windows. For the grand public things will take a lot of time. We are prisoners of Microsoft, but with a more knowledge - or in Apple’s case more money! - you can escape this situation. And things are getting better.

But it’s true that we aren’t there yet, and consumer electronics are pretty much locked into windows.

]]> By: Pierre http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1331 Pierre Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:50:45 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2007/08/30/are-we-slaves-of-microoft/#comment-1331 There may be some freedom from MS for the more technically inclined among us. For the more common people it is quite difficult. Go to any store and try to buy something without Windows XP or Vista. If you are lucky, you may see some mac (Manor and recently Media Mark being the exception). I Don't know if Dell Ubuntu is available for Switzerland. Then try to buy a digital camera, an mp3 player or a mobile phone. See if they provide you with a software other than for MS. Of course they are some exceptions, but it is not the rule. On a business side other than IT, try to send someone a document other than a Word document. PDF is usually the only other choice. Same with spreadsheet, people live and breathe Excel. On the Web all the recent RIA platforms (Apollo/Flex/Flash, Silverlight) are well supported on MS Software, sometimes uptodate on a mac and difficult to find somewhere else. Even though they support Linux, they are not always on par featurewise (try to have flash video on a 64bit Linux systems). But hey, I wrote this comment on a Linux machine. Some island of freedom is possible... There may be some freedom from MS for the more technically inclined among us. For the more common people it is quite difficult.

Go to any store and try to buy something without Windows XP or Vista. If you are lucky, you may see some mac (Manor and recently Media Mark being the exception). I Don’t know if Dell Ubuntu is available for Switzerland.

Then try to buy a digital camera, an mp3 player or a mobile phone. See if they provide you with a software other than for MS. Of course they are some exceptions, but it is not the rule.

On a business side other than IT, try to send someone a document other than a Word document. PDF is usually the only other choice. Same with spreadsheet, people live and breathe Excel.

On the Web all the recent RIA platforms (Apollo/Flex/Flash, Silverlight) are well supported on MS Software, sometimes uptodate on a mac and difficult to find somewhere else. Even though they support Linux, they are not always on par featurewise (try to have flash video on a 64bit Linux systems).

But hey, I wrote this comment on a Linux machine. Some island of freedom is possible…

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