Posts by eadon2

HP PCs 'n' printers boss steps down, replaced by Aussie

Re: PC Market is being suffocated by Windows 8 + MS-signed UEFI

eadon2 because this is channel register, and it doesn't seem to recognise my eadon account. :(

PC Market is being suffocated by Windows 8 + MS-signed UEFI

The lack of exciting hardware progress in PC's is not helping.

But until the issue of people not wanting Windows 8 is solved, then it's going to be tough going.

Biz users, hard-up punters: Nobody loves Windows 8

Re: Win8 for business

Microsoft tend to be deliberately non-interoperable. They do not play nice with competitor's software, and use non-standard protocols whereever possible, or extend standard ones. Or even use patent threats (e.g. the insane FAT file system patent law suits against Linux-using companies such as Tom Tom.)

So in a fragmented work place where you have apple products and even some Linux desktops in the more creatively minded orgs, the best way to unify everything is to use non-Microsoft tech and only use Microsoft tech to manage the Microsoft stuff.

Re: Another day, another win 8 hater story on the reg

@The_Regulator - There are plenty of Microsoft-apologist sites / blogs out there where everyone is sycophantic towards Windows (to garner ad revenue). ZDNet for example.

If something is simply a bad product, like Windows 8 evidently is, experts and the market both agree - then it is not balanced journalism to say 50% good things and 50% bad things about it. It is balanced journalism to say that a bad product is bad. It's called telling the truth.

Ballmer plays down sales impact of Surface

Re: Vapourware

@Dogged My understanding is that hands-on reviews are not genuine hands on reviews, i.e. journalists have not been allowed to try the thing hands on at so called hands on reviews. It's a scam basically.

Vapourware

This product is vapourware. Once we see a real device, and not a mock up prototype then we can say something sensible. Currently it's a marketroid fantasy.