<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Regarding Windows 8, and apart from the fact that I think the Metro interface is just plain ugly, here's a reason not to switch... from a post this morning on Slashdot:<br><br><h2 class="story">
<span id="title-32861237"> <a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/10/1223259/microsoft-blocks-3d-party-browsers-in-windows-rt-says-mozilla-counsel">Microsoft Blocks 3d-Party Browsers In Windows RT, Says Mozilla Counsel</a></span>
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<time id="fhtime-32861237" datetime="on Thursday May 10, @08:47AM">on Thursday May 10, @08:47AM</time>
<br>from the embrace-extend-extinguish dept.
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<a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">nk497</a> writes <i>"Mozilla has accused Microsoft of trying to go back to the 'digital dark ages' by <a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/374545/mozilla-microsoft-blocking-rival-browsers-in-windows-rt">limiting rival browsers in the ARM version of Windows 8</a>.
Third-party browsers won't work in the desktop mode, and Metro style
browsers will be limited in what APIs they can use, said Mozilla general
counsel Harvey Anderson, forcing users to move to IE instead. Mozilla
said it was the first step toward a new platform lock-in that 'restricts
user choice, reduces competition and chills innovation,' and pointed
out that such browser control was exactly what upset EU and U.S.
regulators about IE in the first place. Anderson called on Microsoft to
'reject the temptation to pursue a closed path,' adding 'the world
doesn't need another closed proprietary environment.'"</i></div>
</div><br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Clay Dowling" <clay@lazarusid.com><br><b>To: </b>"glluG" <linux-user@egr.msu.edu><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:57:28 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[GLLUG] Continuing Life for Old Tech<br><br>Chic, this article made me think of you:<br>http://www.itworld.com/hardware/270936/living-computing-fossils-old-tech-holding-dear-life<br><br>Best piece from the whole article: 40% of all personal computers run<br>window XP, a ten year old operating system. I realized after reading it<br>that I've got a machine running XP in my basement. I think that<br>Microsoft might have hit a sweet spot with XP: it looks nice and is very<br>reliable, so there hasn't been much incentive to upgrade. Windows 8 is<br>likely to change that, because the OS is supposed to be able to scale<br>available services to match hardware capabilities, and administration<br>will move from the GUI to the CLI on servers. But for most users, there<br>still might not be a lot of reason to switch.<br><br>Clay<br>_______________________________________________<br>linux-user mailing list<br>linux-user@egr.msu.edu<br>http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user<br></div></body></html>