Re: Now that's monopoly power...
- From: MuahMan <muahman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 12:13:03 -0700 (PDT)
On May 31, 2:31 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&;
articleId=9091618&source=rss_news50>
'May 31, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. will require hardware
makers to test their device drivers on Windows 7 to receive
certification for Windows Vista, according to documents posted on the
company's site.
In a long explanation (download PDF)of the Windows Logo Program,
Microsoft spelled out the new requirement. "Beginning with the release
of the first beta of the next operating system, all Windows Vista client
and Windows Server 2008 submissions must include a complete [set of]
test logs for the new beta OS," the company said in the document.'
IOW, it doesn't matter what you, the hardware maker want, you'll do it
Microsoft's way.
--
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" --
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X)
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' --
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM)
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun)
They don't HAVE TO do anything. They can choose not to make hardware
for any Microsoft OS's. They can develop for the Mac instead. LOL, of
course then they'll be out of business. Good job by MSFT to make sure
all the various hardware mfrs don't slack on making drivers this time
around.
.
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