Posts by Simon Westerby 3 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Mar 2007
As opposed to all those M$ Sponsored secirty consultants..that assert Windows is more secure etc etc etc
TBH its a non-story, tat wont effect anything More worrying the fact that the £1 is now worth $2 ... and we still pay the same numerical price as in the states for Windows...
So in fact its us poor brits who are sub-sidising M$ ..
Trog,
this calculation is based on "patent-related lawsuits and settlements." not royalty payments, which are a valid part of the OS if included. If M$ want to pass the charge on to customers, then they can, and nobody is arguing with that.
Re Linux:
"power users included have problems installing and configuring it." .. Yes, but once it is configured it doesn't need to be reinstalled every 6 months. Normal everyday users should not need to "Install or configure" Windows never mind Linux, end of. new ideas like the Zero configuration Linux Distros are testement to this.
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