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Vista license agreement is a joke
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Previously Garrot wrote:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=116p:// Well, looks like I will stay with XP for my gaming in the forseeable future. Everything else I do on Linux anyways... Arno |
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Garrot wrote:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=116p:// Unless people start to "just say 'No'" they can pretty much set any terms they like. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Previously CJT wrote:
Garrot wrote: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=116p:// Unless people start to "just say 'No'" they can pretty much set any terms they like. My guess is that many people will be unwilling to pay for the update until they run into problems with XP. Unless MS engineers something XP shoud be fine even for gamers for some additional years. And MS engineering something could land them in hot water with the EU, so my guess is they will not dare. Arno |
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Arno Wagner wrote:
Previously CJT wrote: Garrot wrote: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=116p:// Unless people start to "just say 'No'" they can pretty much set any terms they like. My guess is that many people will be unwilling to pay for the update until they run into problems with XP. Unless MS engineers something XP shoud be fine even for gamers for some additional years. And MS engineering something could land them in hot water with the EU, so my guess is they will not dare. Arno If past experience is any indicator, all the new machines from Dell et al will come with the new version, which will have some seemingly minor new "features" (i.e. inconsistencies) that will create issues for those who choose to stay behind. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Vista license agreement is a joke
On 14 Oct 2006 01:32:01 GMT, Arno Wagner wrote:
My guess is that many people will be unwilling to pay for the update until they run into problems with XP. Unless MS engineers something XP shoud be fine even for gamers for some additional years. And MS engineering something could land them in hot water with the EU, so my guess is they will not dare. Arno They have already engineered something. It is called DirectX10. I'm sure XP could fully support DX10 but MS will only provide it with Vista. |
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Previously Garrot wrote:
On 14 Oct 2006 01:32:01 GMT, Arno Wagner wrote: My guess is that many people will be unwilling to pay for the update until they run into problems with XP. Unless MS engineers something XP shoud be fine even for gamers for some additional years. And MS engineering something could land them in hot water with the EU, so my guess is they will not dare. Arno They have already engineered something. It is called DirectX10. I'm sure XP could fully support DX10 but MS will only provide it with Vista. Lets see about this. The EU might not have looked into this so far, but they might. Even if they do not, I can live perfectly fine with DX9. And I expect some game developers will use the occasion to move to OpenGL, which would also prevent them having to recode everythign when MS decides to do a new internface. Arno |
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