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Dan8267
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2012 Mar 26, 1:55pm
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Tony Manero says
Die, Windows, Die!
Yay, you're back! People have been missing you.
Vicente
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2012 Mar 27, 10:33am
They have an IM? I did not know that.
Fascinates me at work to watch my colleagues falling all over themselves to convert all servers & services to Windows.
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Windows days are numbered.
Dan8267
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2012 Mar 27, 11:08am
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Windows days are numbered.
I'm not sure about that. Even though Vista and Win 7 sucked, the Windows platform is still dominating in both the desktop and server arena. Solaris and other forms of Unix dominated the server market in the early/mid-1990s, but Windows has the largest usage even with Linux being free.
As for the hand-held market, Android and Apple are the dominate platforms for now. Windows and Palm seem to be dying, but as long as the servers run Windows, it ain't going away.
In principle, if cloud computing becomes mainstream not only for B2B and B2C but also as the platform of choice for end users, Android could replace Windows as people stop buying desktops/laptops and use only smartphones and tablets. But that's a big if.
The average Joe hasn't accepted the idea of cloud computing and relying on Internet only storage. Things are changing, but most people keep their music collection, pictures, and home videos locally. Sure, they may copy them to Facebook, but they don't rely on Facebook alone for storage. And then there's the gaming industry...
You do realize that Microsoft owns Skype now, right?
I have to fundamentally disagree with your argument for doing p2p messaging. That makes it a pain in the ass to do archiving, stop legitimate spam and malware, do multi-user chat, or do anything on mobile.
Dan: Bwahaha at that chart. I can think of a few worse ways to measure "market share" of server operating systems (my favorite is Microsoft's version, which is based on revenues of the organizations that produce the software), but that one is pretty terrible.
A rational way to measure would probably be to look at the top 100 internet destinations (by traffic). Not that you'd ever know how many servers those companies have (I know a few of them, and 7 figures+ for a single company would put you in the right ballpark). Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc. aren't running windows servers.
Dan8267
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2012 Mar 27, 4:56pm
You do realize that Microsoft owns Skype now, right?
Yes, and it has gotten much worse since the Microsoft takeover. Which is why I use Skype 4.2. Nevertheless, there is no censoring built into any version of Skype detected so far. And Skype 4.2 lacks all the annoyances that Microsoft added.
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Preferably, use an older version of Skype like 4.2.
Yep, they are wiretapping your conversations. The way a messaging client is supposed to work is that when Alice wants to call Bob the process goes:
1. Alice calls up the directory service (WLM, Skype, etc.) and gets Bob's address.
2. Alice calls Bob.
3. Bob answers and a socket connection is established between Alice and Bob. No third party is involved.
Windows Live Messenger takes extra effort to send all of Alice's and all of Bob's messages back to the MS servers. That's right, Microsoft went out of its way to spy on you and violate wire tapping laws. And this is why Windows Live Messenger sucks.