Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Mar 8 13:40:21 CST 2013
Hi Rocky: People (content providers) will always need laptops or we can loosely describe them as tablets with keyboards. True tablets are a whole other category designed specifically for users (content consumers). MS has tried to combine both and rather unsuccessfully. I do not think any one could created a good solid working pickup truck and make performance sport car out of it as well...it really boggles the imagination. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:46 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse? Unless it finds a home in the tablet and is favored by the corporate world who have been in the Microsoft desktop world for 25 years. The article seems to say that W8 will fail on the desk/laptop . Probably. But reasons 1, 2, 3, 4 all relate to the PC world - a world we know has declining sales. But what if over the next few years, people abandon their desk/laptops because they don't need them. They need mobility more - communications, web browsing, the cloud, information. So they'll be carrying tablets instead of laptops and netbooks. I wouldn't count them out yet. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:22 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse? Yes, we are probably beating a dead horse. It seems to all the proponents of computer industry are giving Win8 a thumbs down and they are relentless. http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-7000012104/ My personal feeling is as soon as Microsoft can cut their bleeding and move on with another more acceptable product the better it will be for the company. I never thought I could ever feel sorry for Microsoft, even slightly but I do...I can hardly stand to watch their Windows product lines committing slow and an excruciating painful suicide in public. How very far the great has fallen. OTOH, who knows, maybe if MS sticks to the product long enough or re-markets it there just might be a turn around but it will hardly be a rapid event. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com