Vista: Web Based OS

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Discussions in microsoft.public.windows.vista Is Mostly FILLED With People
Posting About Vista Problems, Problems w/Vista: Install Problems, Run
Problems, Hardware Problems, Technical Problems, etc...

Eliminate Those "Problems": The Windows Live DeskTop - Windows Vista, Hosted
On Microsoft Servers, ANYWHERE! ANYTIME! ANYPLACE!!!
 
Currently, We Already Have...

Windows Live services...

Windows Live Academic
Windows Live Calendar
Windows Live Custom Domains
Windows Live Desktop Search
Windows Live Expo
Windows Live Family Safety Settings - Parental Controls similar to Windows
Vista Family Safety
Windows Live Favorites
FolderShare - file sharing and synchronisation service acquired by Microsoft
on November 3, 2005 and now branded as a beta Windows Live service
Windows Live ID - Rebranded Microsoft Passport
Windows Live Ideas
Windows Live Local - Rebranded MSN Virtual Earth
Windows Live Local Search Mobile
Windows Live Mail - Rebranded Hotmail
Windows Live Mail Desktop - The successor to Outlook Express on Windows XP
and Windows Mail on Windows Vista, containing a superset of features of the
latter, including full RSS support.
Windows Live Mail Mobile
Windows Live Messenger - Rebranded MSN Messenger
Windows Live Mobile - Rebranded MSN Mobile
Windows Live OneCare - Computer Security Service. Features its own
Anti-Virus program, back-up utility, and a software firewall. (Plans are
included to add Windows Defender to the service)
Windows Live Products- A shopping service akin to Froogle.
Windows Live QnA - A question and answers service
Windows Live Safety Center - a free PC scanning and health service to help
delete viruses and other threats.
Windows Live Search - Rebranded and improved version of MSN Search, with
additional features
Windows Live Search Mobile - Search engine for web-enabled mobile phones.
Windows Live Shopping
Windows Live Toolbar - Rebranded MSN Toolbar
Windows Live Drive - A hosted storage service[1][2] which presents a virtual
hard drive, to be remotely connected over the internet, which can be used to
store any data.

ALL I Am Adding Is Windows Live DeskTop: The Web Based OS - Windows Vista,
Hosted On Microsoft Servers!
 
Hi,

I have some reservations about Microsoft's capability to deliver.

1. After Win2k, everything with XP and Vista has been all about "local"
desktops (caching) and everyone having admin rights, needing a registry
and a .NET Framework, MSDE, MDAC, MSXML, DirectX or whatever. The
dependency tree is huge. It's the exact opposite of what you'd need for
a web based o/s.

2. You have to define Web based o/s? If it means loading a bunch of
WinFS, WinFX, DirectX and XAML surface from a boot device in order to
deliver Microsoft's vision of non-DHTML-non-W3C-non-standards based UI
and rendering elements, again it's the exact opposite of what you'd need
for a true "web" based o/s - note the word "web" there...

In contrast, Linux is already there; their bootable image is light, fast
and based on open-standards. Google also have some good offers. If I was
choosing servers to run these types of services, I certainly would NOT
choose Windows; too bloated, too expensive and not fit for purpose.
Google run on Linux and it's perfect for "web based" services.
 
The said:
Discussions in microsoft.public.windows.vista Is Mostly FILLED With
People Posting About Vista Problems, Problems w/Vista: Install
Problems, Run Problems, Hardware Problems, Technical Problems, etc...

Eliminate Those "Problems": The Windows Live DeskTop - Windows Vista,
Hosted On Microsoft Servers, ANYWHERE! ANYTIME! ANYPLACE!!!
Click to expand...

You know, posting to newsgroups while drunk is a sure sign you need to drink
less.
 
Well, I Was *Wondering* When Sum1 Was Gonna Figure Out That, The Web Based OS
WILL BE Competition Driven!

Currently, Microsoft Has The "Jump"!

;-)
 
View Master... wasn't that some cheesy device back in the 50s / 60s to view
lame slide content from Disney etc.? ;p
Is see Windows Live being about as popular as Windows Bob.
 
Well... already users of MSN Messenger, that's got about 210 million users -
they'll be upgrading to WLMessenger. Not to mension Spaces - MSN Spaces is
the most used blogging tool in the world, that's soon to become Windows Live
Spaces - so are you telling me it's not going to be popular?

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Zack Whittaker
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» This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!

--: Original message follows :--
 
Zack Whittaker said:
Well... already users of MSN Messenger, that's got about 210 million
users - they'll be upgrading to WLMessenger. Not to mension Spaces - MSN
Spaces is the most used blogging tool in the world, that's soon to become
Windows Live Spaces - so are you telling me it's not going to be popular?
Click to expand...

Live Messagener is not a "Live OS".... I'm sure Live Messanger will be
popular. But an OS that's dependent on your connection? Sure cable/dsl is
pretty stable most times but outtages happen. Heck I was down for days when
a drunk driver wiped out cable box for the street. Teleco's are no diff...
lightning strike and the CO node for that area gone and so you sit and wait
til it's back up. S**t happens and I'd not trust a 'net based OS unless I
was nothing but a "surfer".
 
Peter!

I've Had 2 Computers Struck By Lightning, Knockin'Em-Out For Weeks!

Strangely, My Internet Connection NEVER Quit Working!!!

Imagine That!

;-)
 
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