Microsoft working on Windows successor

Kazelllh said on Monday, 04 August 2008

Hi webmaster!

ChrisH said on Tuesday, 05 August 2008

A load of hip-hooray stuff for businesses, but I fail to see any benefits for the average home user who just wants to use a few straightforward software programs, send emails, a bit of net-browsing and type a few letters. If there's eventually no tech support for Windows, what are ordinary folk supposed to do.....chuck out all their Windows software and subscribe (at a hefty price, no doubt) to Midori for the pleasure of typing a letter, browsing the Internet or checking their bank accounts? Er scuse me, not likely. And what about security? That has to be highly questionable. And if your Internet connection goes down, you got nothing! Obviously its early days but I can see people changing over to other operating systems.

LawrenceP said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

I think whoever came up with this idea has been drinkin' Midori.

Microuser said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

At what cost? Will the UK pay a lot more than the US??? If it is the same worldwide it is a good idea, it will get rid of that "Activation" and setup thing.
How will Linux users get on line then?
Would there be a blockage to sop viruses?

Kazphill said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

I can't imaigne that MS would be so stupid as to remove all Client based OS in favour of Midori.... more likely it will be offered as an altrnative version of OS, like we have Windows Server Edition, and Vista Business etc...... this Midori will likely be available as an option, not the mainstream OS, surely..???? If not and Midori becomes the only MS choice, completely removing any Client Based OS to a web server, then I guess Bill Gates got out at the right time, as there will be a mass exodus of users to other OS's..... I know I'll be one of them..... !!! I don't want all my expensive hardware being dependent on my Internet connection, which I have no doubt that ISp's will take advantage of this and increase their prices, knowing that all users will have no choice but to have an internet connection....... I think MS need to have a serious re-think....!!!!

Simon Willins said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

we have several pc's in the office very deliberately NOT connected to the internet at all. If the OS were to be hosted online this would be an unwelcome move. I imagine there are many people who do not want always to be connected to the internet, and in some areas the internet is too unstable to rely on. Again, this idea is an unwelcome move.
Apart from which, there are many of us who still like to HAVE what we have paid for. Its one thing to buy oinline and receive a download...another thing altogether to be unable to boot your pc because you can,t get a connection rendering the acet useless for all purposes.
I repeat...This is an unwelcome move

Microuser said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

At what cost? Will the UK pay a lot more than the US??? If it is the same worldwide it is a good idea, it will get rid of that "Activation" and setup thing.
How will Linux users get on line then?
Would there be a blockage to sop viruses?

simon willins said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

and another thing....Please do not put this in the same bag as Vista that everybody didnt want. Vista is something you get used to, like any other new advance. But some new Ideas are not worth entertaining at all purely from a practical point of view.
in principal, vista is much like xp or its pre-decessors. Midora is a completely different principal where your pc performance will be held back by the quality of your bandwidth.
if it is an Alternative choice it may interest some, but It certainly holds no interest for me or my company who are...frankly...fed up with the constant need to train and retrain staff on new developments. its expensive and wasteful.

I reiterate..it is an unwelcome direction from microsoft

Anthony O'Brien said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

Using online applications such as ZOHO is one thing but an entire operating system is pushing it a little too far. However, when new technology emerges it is only natural that someone will attempt to push it to it's limits. Who better than MS to step up to that challenge.

MalcolmF said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

Probably a brilliant idea for areas where high speed internet conection is available, where heavy useage is the norm.
For the other 99% of us outside of Redmond, it is a totally stupid idea that ought to get the drug-fuzzed executive the big chop to the oblivion he deserves, purely as an example to the others.
I need a system that will work, if required, independantly of the net, using applications of my choice at a time of my choosing. The net is an optional extra, not the central focus.

Dogsbody said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

"Midori". Sound like Microsoft,s bid to control the world.

martin said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

With more ISP's introducing capping or 'Traffic Management' this could be a problem you log on to your PC intending to do some work unfortunately you find you have exceeded your monthly download limit and your system is unable to start because it can't download the data it needs to run. Brilliant Concept!

mark said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

Oleeee,

never been a better time to be forced to go Linux.

Thanks M$

ira_numan said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

Hooray! Let's get everyone on the web so's to make it much easier for even the least experienced hacker to get into our private stuff!

JB McG said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

less tin

Could do with an explanation
for the not too techy reader....

Chas2 said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

MS - sort out the present OS and we'll all be happy.
Will the browsers be able to cope when all the new phones go on line ?

NickW said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

Just another way for Microsoft to fleece its customers. What is needed is effective competition.

You have to start asking why Jobs has kept the Apple OS off the PC and the obvious answer is of course is that he has agreed with Microsoft to keep off their patch, the whole thing stinks of oligopoly from start to finish.

Microsoft might have grown the market but it is time to remind them they don't own it. Vista is a prime example of a product with no effective competition. Its users are being treated as test rats.

The follow up product to Vista is likely to be
worse. This incubation talk is just a pile of crap a month ago Microsoft said that they would not be discussing the development of Windows 7 with anyone. That rule lasted a long time hasn't it.

adenuf said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

Perhaps MS should concentrate on making the existing products more effective first.

Dragon said on Thursday, 07 August 2008

What I want is XP reconfigured. They have spent years patching holes in patches. By now they must know where the problems are, and it should be possible to give us a new lean clean XP without umpteen years of additions. I was happy to change to XP but Vista is a nightmare and I hate it with a vengeance. I can't arrange my files like I did with XP. It has masses of junk I neither want nor need. It freezes, takes ages to boot up, and longer to shut down.It is a hungry hog, and if I knew how to remove it and install XP in it's place I would.

Peter Reime said on Friday, 08 August 2008

This seems like a great idea for the bulk of Microsoft's market - business use. On a closed office network, this would work perfectly. Outside of this it is not feasibile as it would be clash with the development towards greater mobility in the IT market.

mickeblue said on Friday, 08 August 2008

Doesn't seem like a good idea for any user, business or otherwise... who has control of the security issues? If it's Microsoft, in view of their past record you might as well just wind up your business now!

Terry said on Sunday, 10 August 2008

So all my private documents will be available to anyone to has the passkey to access my online store.
No thanks, when working on confidential documents I turn my modem off, and store offline.
It is my choice where I want to access these documents and who I want to access them with.
Terry