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  • ian
    Addiction started
    • Jun 2004
    • 289

    XPLite

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    MS's plan to compete with Open Source OS's, release a crapper version of Windows for cheaper!

    Low Res Graphics
    Limited Networking options
    Only 3 programs at once?!

    This had better be seriously cheap - if not free!!
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  • Kamal
    Administrator
    • May 2002
    • 28835

    #2
    if they release this as an OPEN SOURCE OS, believe me in a few years, XPLite will become even better than Longhorn...

    -e-
    www.mjwebhosting.com

    Jib says:
    he isnt worth the water that splashes up into your asshole while you're shitting
    Originally posted by ace_dl
    Guys and Gals, I have to hurry/leaving for short-term vacations.
    I won't be back until next Tuesday, so if Get Carter is the correct answer, I would appreciate of someone else posts a new cap for me

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    • asdf_admin
      i use to be important
      • Jun 2004
      • 12798

      #3
      it's a start esp if it is open source ... other people can make it work.
      dead, yet alive.

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      • ian
        Addiction started
        • Jun 2004
        • 289

        #4
        Don't think it would be open source, they just want to compete with the open source guys on price... MS would never give away their code!
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        • Kamal
          Administrator
          • May 2002
          • 28835

          #5
          vell fvuck them for it...... XPLite will crash faster than [ms] did in June

          -e-
          www.mjwebhosting.com

          Jib says:
          he isnt worth the water that splashes up into your asshole while you're shitting
          Originally posted by ace_dl
          Guys and Gals, I have to hurry/leaving for short-term vacations.
          I won't be back until next Tuesday, so if Get Carter is the correct answer, I would appreciate of someone else posts a new cap for me

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          • asdf_admin
            i use to be important
            • Jun 2004
            • 12798

            #6
            "Analysts say Linux poses a growing threat to Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system, used on more than 90% of the world's computers."

            what are they worried about? 90% is a huge strong hold.
            dead, yet alive.

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            • rewing3
              I really don't care
              • Jun 2004
              • 5504

              #7
              Linux is a much more stable system but the problem is Windows is much more readily avaliable to people to get. Maybe some day Linux will take over as the number op system. But I don't see it happening any time soon though.
              Common Sense is not Common at all.

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              • asdf_admin
                i use to be important
                • Jun 2004
                • 12798

                #8
                it's kinda like the hot slut with an evil heart vs the Mediocre girl that will love for the rest of you life. for some reason the hot slut wins most of the time, until you realize that have a std. so you get on a train and get that country girl. :wink:
                dead, yet alive.

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                • feather
                  Shanghai ooompa loompa
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 20898

                  #9
                  Re:: XPLite

                  The software giant said the new system, named Windows XP Starter Edition, would go on sale in Asia in October.
                  Where software piracy is probably most rampant

                  i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

                  Originally posted by Hoff
                  a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
                  Originally posted by m1sT3rL
                  Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

                  I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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                  • ian
                    Addiction started
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 289

                    #10
                    I planned to make the change to Linux, but after 2 solid days of doing nothing but screwing up my computer, I gave up! I consider myself fairly computer literate, but I couldn't get Linux working...

                    If someone like me can't do it, it's still a long way off being generally accepted. Try as you might, it's near impossible to escape Microsofts grasp!
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                    • asdf_admin
                      i use to be important
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 12798

                      #11
                      ian. linux is not easy ... esp if you have been in the microsux world for a long time. it's a very slow learning curve, very slow. if you have a dummy box, play on that, do not do it on your main system. you can wipe everything and not even know it. do not give it up, it's actually fun once you get it going. i promise.
                      dead, yet alive.

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                      • toasty
                        Sir Toastiness
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 6585

                        #12
                        Originally posted by asdf_admin
                        "Analysts say Linux poses a growing threat to Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system, used on more than 90% of the world's computers."

                        what are they worried about? 90% is a huge strong hold.
                        Microsoft doesn't just want the market share -- they want the leverage it gives it over the consuming public. If MS's market share drops, it loses more than just those raw numbers -- it loses the ability to bully us into using other MS or MS-friendly products, which in turn spurs demand for MS operating systems. Vicious cycle.

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                        • Pataky P
                          asdf_imo
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 1966

                          #13
                          Re:: XPLite

                          The XP is the GOD!!!!

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                          • j0B
                            Getting warmed up
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 69

                            #14
                            Re: XPLite

                            The company said the cut-price software was designed for "first-time desktop PC users in developing countries".
                            Actually as the article says this is for first time PC users in developing countries. First time pc users in developing countries probably have never seen a PC before (taking into consideration they got rather poor education) - image what happens if you give them a Linux box. Exactly, nothing - they won't be able to handle it. XPLite gives them an easy start into the PC world. I have read it got a special localized help system which is called My Support (as far as I can remember) and you do not have to configure anything yourself.

                            If they evolve they can always choose to get Linux or a copy of Windows Server 2003 out on the street.

                            ~j0B

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                            • neoee
                              Platinum Poster
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 1266

                              #15
                              Re: XPLite

                              Originally posted by j0B
                              The company said the cut-price software was designed for "first-time desktop PC users in developing countries".
                              Actually as the article says this is for first time PC users in developing countries. First time pc users in developing countries probably have never seen a PC before (taking into consideration they got rather poor education) - image what happens if you give them a Linux box. Exactly, nothing - they won't be able to handle it. XPLite gives them an easy start into the PC world. I have read it got a special localized help system which is called My Support (as far as I can remember) and you do not have to configure anything yourself.

                              If they evolve they can always choose to get Linux or a copy of Windows Server 2003 out on the street.

                              ~j0B
                              Actually I would say quite the opposite would happen. If these first time users get a box with Linux on it they will probably end up learning it and will never go to M$. I think this is what M$ is afraid of so they are making this available to these countries. You can already see how capable some countries in Africa are on Linux. Just my .02
                              "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." -Benjamin Franklin

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