On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am Samstag, 16. Juni 2012, 23:12:48 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:04 +0300 >> >> Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: >> > > I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon >> > > and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the >> > > smartphone market. >> > >> > Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is happening for 15 years >> > now. >> > >> > Are we dead yet? >> >> Fine comment. >> >> Yes indeed, Microsoft's *real* cash cow - millions of corporate >> desktops running $LATEST_WINDOWS and $LATEST_OFFICE are all going to >> die out inthe next year. Not. > > and in corporate speak that means Windows XP and Office 2003/2007 > > because they work, they don't get in the way of doing things, the people are > trained and nobody needs to smudge around on the screen,
The most effective way I can imagine for keeping me on-task: Force me to use a Windows XP workstation. I won't be using _any_ personal credentials through the web browser or any other part of the system. I'm not taking that risk on a post-support version of Windows. *grouses about people holding back, forcing the usage of particularly insecure versions of operating systems* *grouses at the IPv6 luddites, too; I'd love to use SSL on more domains, but I only have one IPv4 server IP to work with.* -- :wq
