Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Oct 25 13:19:28 CDT 2013
Hi Shamil: If that is true, a new Windows from the ground up, there is real hope. I do not suspect that there will be great changes to the new Windows metro layout but the new version of the UI will have to be a lot more intuitional. If they 'borrow" some of the latest technologies to redeign and resecure the backend, that would go a long way to help the company regain lost ground. Maybe a FreeBSD backend might be a excellent way to go, Mac sure likes it. A Microsoft has been one of the largest supporters (financial contributors) of Linux, over the last five years, so of course they could use a Debian distro and just charge for the UI. As Debian supports over a dozen CPUs and their associated chip sets, Windows would run on everything from cell phones to super computers, and everything in between, with comparative little or no effort. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:56:53 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] You've asked about MS Surface tablet - here it's :) Yes, it's. Yes, they could have changed their marketing team. They are also rebuilding Windows 9 from ground-up AFAIHH. -- Shamil Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:40 PM -07:00 from Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>: > >It is pretty good. Microsoft historically has been very bad at marketing. I wonder if they've hired a new marketing team. Sure beats the "Windows was my idea". :) > >- Hans > > > >On 2013-10-24, at 11:31 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > wrote: > >> Hi Jim -- >> >> Yes, I'm also impressed with this marketing campaign. Not sure if it's that original but it works! (pun intended) :) >> >> I must note I rarely like modern marketing moves whatever company it comes from, and this one looks really impressive. >> >> -- Shamil >> >> Friday, October 25, 2013 12:17 AM -06:00 from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>> Hi Shamil: >>> >>> Well, I am impressed. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:56:13 PM >>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] You've asked about MS Surface tablet - here it's :) >>> >>> HI Jim -- >>> >>> AFAIU - no. >>> >>> And "... A purple Type Cover 2 has been recreated, with keys that feed back to a Surface Pro 2 nearby. Microsoft is letting nearby school kids play on the keyboard with a spelling game. It’s all connected via USB and Micro HDMI and you can jump on the keys to control the input. The company has even built space around the keys so you can walk around them before you select the correct key to jump on. We tried the keyboard with the Twitter app for Windows 8, and it worked surprisingly well." >>> >>> -- Shamil >>> >>> >>> Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:51 PM -06:00 from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>>> Hi Shamil: >>>> >>>> Is that ever neat. Is it a touch screen? >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>>> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 3:54:52 AM >>>> Subject: [dba-Tech] You've asked about MS Surface tablet - here it's :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Microsoft erects a giant Surface tablet in the center of London: >>>> http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/24/5023572/microsoft-giant-surface-trafalgar-square-london >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Салахетдинов Шамиль >>>> _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com