Re: It is actualy TWELVE versions of Vista
- From: "-hh" <recscuba_google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 28 Feb 2006 03:29:10 -0800
C Lund wrote:
"-hh" <recscuba_google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
He's just trying to obfuscate major revisions with products. It is
quite possible that Microsoft would have copied Apple's "Cat" approach
if their releases were actually product upgrades instead of "Service
Release" patches of major design and security flaws...
We have those in OS X as well. That's why I'm running 10.3.9 instead
of 10.3. Our bug/security patches are free - just like yours.
True enough. However, the point that troll Zara was trying to make was
that Apple asked their customers to pay for major releases (10.2 to
10.3 to 10.4, etc), whereas Microsoft alledgedly doesn't do the same.
The problem with that claim is that its wrong.
First off, Microsoft didn't make it a habit to use an as-clearly
evolutionary naming convention: they abandoned that back in 1995, when
they jumped from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95.
After Win95 was Win98 (then NT went to Win2000), WinME, WinXP...etc.
Since we all know that Microsoft did indeed extract payment for
upgrading from 95 to 98 to ME to XP, etc, and that these indeed were
incremental improvements of a basic OS, the naming convention was
sufficient conceal this basic reality from individuals with the limited
intellectual capacity of the likes of Zara.
Of course, Microsoft did "slip up" occasionally. For example, they
charged for Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), even though the apologists
will point out that it wasn't as high of a price as Apple's.
And what you got for your money, from Microsoft's May 1999 Press
Release:
[quote]
Windows 98 Second Edition offers consumers a variety of new and
enhanced
capabilities related to the Internet, and hardware compatibility:
Internet Explorer 5. Microsoft's popular browsing technologies provide
breakthroughs in Web performance, usability and flexibility.
Windows NetMeeting 3. The latest version of NetMeeting®, Microsoft's
award-winning Windows-based conferencing software, brings Internet
conferencing capability to consumers by offering enhanced usability,
performance, security and support for Internet standards.
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). ICS is a set of advanced home
networking
technologies that enable multiple users to share a single connection to
the
Internet for simultaneous Internet access.
Enhanced hardware support. Windows 98 Second Edition offers improved
native
support for technologies such as Universal Serial Bus (USB), IEEE 1394
and
ACPI as well as broadband network connections, enabling consumers to
connect
to and more easily use a wider range of devices.
[end quote]
YMMV, but this looks to be mostly:
- an upgrade to a "free" application
- fixed TCP/IP drivers
- fixed USB & Firewire drivers
and:
- Windows NetMeeting 3
Which I can't recall previously hearing of before. As per Microsoft's
current website information, the version 3 released in 1999 is still
the latest version (yup, 7 years later), and it mostly looks like a
fancy integrated front end for a webcam, FTP, IM, Remote Desktop
Sharing, and a few other features (IMO, the "shared programs" feature
appears to literally be nothing more than flipping Remote Desktop
Sharing from a pull to a push).
MS info on it can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/
effectively, MS had to have made these free, or be served with
defective product lawsuits.
Why? They haven't been served with them yet, have they?
I believe that there historically been some lititation to that effect,
although I've not followed it. Generally, its the bigger litigation
woes that are known (Netscape & EU monopoly cases, etc)
....and BTW, its actually *12* variants of Vista, as Microsoft also
announced that each of the six flavors would be available in both 32bit
and 64bit versions.
Yeah, that makes it so much better...
If you think that MS's security bugs are bad now, just wait. On the
stupidity scale of creating headaches for yourself through avoidable
complexity, this scores a 9.8
-hh
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