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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > Looks like Microsoft have announced 6 versions of Windows 7... > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/04/windows_7_skus/ > > I was surprised (well not that much really) to find that Windows 7 Home > Basic is limited to running THREE applications at once! > > It sounds like that limitation is in Windows Vista Home Basic too. I > don't know what Microsoft are thinking, I mean they release a complete > pile of steaming bloatware and limit it to 3 applications? > > I'm going to do some digging but if this is true then it's more > ammunition against the Beast of Redmond. > > Rob > > Well we should spend less engergy bashing MS and more energy on say highlighting what you get with Linux based syetems for example File system encryption comes with pretty much every version, so even home users can have a decent level of encryption. They are aiming at the developing countries, and trying to steer people away from Linux, We need to raise our game and push Linux as a decent, viable alternative. We also need to start educating people regarding open formats, again see my sig, if everyone did put something like that, perhaps we can start convincing people regarding Open standards, MS is still industry standard to many people. I think i have heard of this before for developing countries, they get cut price windows, with this sort of limitation, its the sort of arrogance, that we need microsoft to show, so they simply play in to our hands, developing countries want the same opportunities as the rest of us, not be fobbed off with this sort of limited use software. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmJfA8ACgkQaggq1k2FJq2yiwCfQe4xJas2m90SS7dhqkCJYKxR g7QAni4Y9VwqH7r8fk3OMOzHd6jZP/1y =WOgL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html