One thing which is not mentioned is the combination of Chrome OS and WINE for old XP users. Partly, this is because the Chrome OS is not finalized yet. But, it has possibilities we should explore.
The Chrome OS should be more comfortable for Windows XP users than Linux. WINE will allow old versions of software to be run. This means the bulk of Windows XP users (which comprise 60% of the world market) have no necessity to buy the new computers required by Win7. Many businesses are content with running old XP software, hence Chrome OS and WINE will be the cheapest way of gaining better security than on Windows XP. Reusing old XP software, which they are used to, means no retraining cost for their staff. The IT personnel will love that.
We merely know that Apple has dumped ZFS, but not why. It has put in an advertisement for a file system specialist, but we do not know what he or she will be working on. Will Apple be designing a completely new proprietary file system? That does not seem likely.
Given Apple's embrace of Open Source, one possibility is that it will be adopting "btrfs" or the B-Tree File System. Btrfs is approaching completion for Linux in the next several years. It seems like an opportune time for Apple to design a version which would suit Apple's future needs.
ZFS was always inclined toward mainframes with many disk drives, so it was not a perfect match for Apple, who's users often have only one internal drive and an external backup disk. I always wondered if Apple was planning for the far future when all peripherals and devices will have Computers-on-a-chip and internal SSD drives inside. Both ZFS and btrfs would handle such a distributed system.
Where is the proof of your contentions? Is it merely that AT&T says that a million iPhones were added to its system while Apple said that 1.25 million iPhones were sold? That is not precise enough. You don't know when the numbers were quoted or how accurate they are. You jumped to the conclusion that hackers bought the, This is all vapor.
Second, Apple said that it would sell 10 million iPhones in 2008, not within a year.
Please get some real news before you report your prejudices.
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Louis Wheeler
No easy or automatic upgrade to Win7. → #
Posted Friday 19th March 2010 22:53 GMT
In Hidden Windows 7 costs worry upgraders
One thing which is not mentioned is the combination of Chrome OS and WINE for old XP users. Partly, this is because the Chrome OS is not finalized yet. But, it has possibilities we should explore.
The Chrome OS should be more comfortable for Windows XP users than Linux. WINE will allow old versions of software to be run. This means the bulk of Windows XP users (which comprise 60% of the world market) have no necessity to buy the new computers required by Win7. Many businesses are content with running old XP software, hence Chrome OS and WINE will be the cheapest way of gaining better security than on Windows XP. Reusing old XP software, which they are used to, means no retraining cost for their staff. The IT personnel will love that.
Louis Wheeler
It's hard to tell what is going on, yet. → #
Posted Monday 26th October 2009 10:05 GMT
In Apple dumps Sun's ZFS
We merely know that Apple has dumped ZFS, but not why. It has put in an advertisement for a file system specialist, but we do not know what he or she will be working on. Will Apple be designing a completely new proprietary file system? That does not seem likely.
Given Apple's embrace of Open Source, one possibility is that it will be adopting "btrfs" or the B-Tree File System. Btrfs is approaching completion for Linux in the next several years. It seems like an opportune time for Apple to design a version which would suit Apple's future needs.
ZFS was always inclined toward mainframes with many disk drives, so it was not a perfect match for Apple, who's users often have only one internal drive and an external backup disk. I always wondered if Apple was planning for the far future when all peripherals and devices will have Computers-on-a-chip and internal SSD drives inside. Both ZFS and btrfs would handle such a distributed system.
Louis Wheeler
You get too many things wrong. → #
Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 17:45 GMT
In Apple: 1.4m iPhones sold, 250,000 unlocked
Where is the proof of your contentions? Is it merely that AT&T says that a million iPhones were added to its system while Apple said that 1.25 million iPhones were sold? That is not precise enough. You don't know when the numbers were quoted or how accurate they are. You jumped to the conclusion that hackers bought the, This is all vapor.
Second, Apple said that it would sell 10 million iPhones in 2008, not within a year.
Please get some real news before you report your prejudices.