Comments on: Windows 7 news and some speculations about Windows in the cloud http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-7-news-and-some-speculations-about-windows-in-the-cloud/ For Windows Administrators Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: NI-Limits Blog » Blog Archive » Rise of Microsoft http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-7-news-and-some-speculations-about-windows-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-118092 NI-Limits Blog » Blog Archive » Rise of Microsoft Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:35:35 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1285#comment-118092 [...] 7: THE NEWS SO FAR, SPECULATIONS AND A PEAK AT WHAT TO EXPECT 4Sysops shed some light on the latest news regarding the much awaited Windows 7 and certain speculations [...] [...] 7: THE NEWS SO FAR, SPECULATIONS AND A PEAK AT WHAT TO EXPECT 4Sysops shed some light on the latest news regarding the much awaited Windows 7 and certain speculations [...]

]]> By: Michael http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-7-news-and-some-speculations-about-windows-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-69323 Michael Fri, 16 May 2008 15:51:31 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1285#comment-69323 Daniel, building an entirely new OS from scratch would be too much even for Microsoft. And think about the whole Windows ecosystem and all those third-party vendors who rely on Windows. I think evolution is better than revolution in this case. The Live integration will be revolutionary enough. Eric E, it will be interesting to see how Apple will compete with Microsoft in the future. They do not have the money to buy 10,000 servers a month. Maybe they will get lucky and Google buys them. ;-) Rickj, the situation in Europe is different. Bandwidth is getting cheaper almost every day. I am quite sure that American providers will change their mind again if more competition comes from satellite Internet and mobile providers. Daniel, building an entirely new OS from scratch would be too much even for Microsoft. And think about the whole Windows ecosystem and all those third-party vendors who rely on Windows. I think evolution is better than revolution in this case. The Live integration will be revolutionary enough.

Eric E, it will be interesting to see how Apple will compete with Microsoft in the future. They do not have the money to buy 10,000 servers a month. Maybe they will get lucky and Google buys them. ;-)

Rickj, the situation in Europe is different. Bandwidth is getting cheaper almost every day. I am quite sure that American providers will change their mind again if more competition comes from satellite Internet and mobile providers.

]]> By: rickj http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-7-news-and-some-speculations-about-windows-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-69097 rickj Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:51 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1285#comment-69097 It's a nice dream, but it all depends on network links presently controlled by Comcastic, Bell Canada and other outfits who are moving their networks in the opposite direction. (filtering, usage caps, etc) Google seems to be the only company that gets this, and tries to influence the network providers. It’s a nice dream, but it all depends on network links presently controlled by Comcastic, Bell Canada and other outfits who are moving their networks in the opposite direction. (filtering, usage caps, etc)

Google seems to be the only company that gets this, and tries to influence the network providers.

]]> By: Daniel http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-7-news-and-some-speculations-about-windows-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-68887 Daniel Wed, 14 May 2008 14:39:39 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1285#comment-68887 Heh. I can't comment on that because I don't use a Mac, but it wouldn't surprise me. A lot of apps do a lot of stuff Microsoft should do, they just the mentality of "let others innovate and we will improve upon". I enjoy your blog by the way. Heh. I can’t comment on that because I don’t use a Mac, but it wouldn’t surprise me. A lot of apps do a lot of stuff Microsoft should do, they just the mentality of “let others innovate and we will improve upon”.

I enjoy your blog by the way.

]]> By: Eric E http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-7-news-and-some-speculations-about-windows-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-68874 Eric E Wed, 14 May 2008 12:41:56 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1285#comment-68874 >I would love for absolutely none of my current >applications to work unless in some kind of >transparent VM level. Hmm, doesn't Apple have that already with OS X - today? >I would love for absolutely none of my current
>applications to work unless in some kind of
>transparent VM level.

Hmm, doesn’t Apple have that already with OS X – today?

]]> By: Daniel http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-7-news-and-some-speculations-about-windows-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-68785 Daniel Tue, 13 May 2008 22:39:04 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1285#comment-68785 I am not sure I want to have Microsoft manage any more of my OS than they do already, I would 100% satisfied if they hosted absolutely none of it. I do not participate in any Live services, even my MSDN account is registered with a Gmail account. It is also a farce that they are adding tabs to Explorer, their implementation of tabs in IE7 is downright silly. If they really want to impress me, they will build an entirely new OS with no legacy holdover. I would love for absolutely none of my current applications to work unless in some kind of transparent VM level. Disclose all the API and add great hooks for talented developers to take advantage of. One more thing. Make managing a Windows 7 small business a breeze and give me all kinds of deployment and configuration options. 2008 w/ Vista is a step in the right direction, but that should have been 2003 w/ XP. I am not sure I want to have Microsoft manage any more of my OS than they do already, I would 100% satisfied if they hosted absolutely none of it. I do not participate in any Live services, even my MSDN account is registered with a Gmail account.

It is also a farce that they are adding tabs to Explorer, their implementation of tabs in IE7 is downright silly.

If they really want to impress me, they will build an entirely new OS with no legacy holdover. I would love for absolutely none of my current applications to work unless in some kind of transparent VM level. Disclose all the API and add great hooks for talented developers to take advantage of.

One more thing. Make managing a Windows 7 small business a breeze and give me all kinds of deployment and configuration options. 2008 w/ Vista is a step in the right direction, but that should have been 2003 w/ XP.

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