Have you looked at microsoft lisencing policies and costs?
Just hope you have the experience in dealing (selling) with Microsoft products to corporate clients and volume buyers. The cost you quoted for per unit basis at volume amount is wrong. The amount quoted is not the amount.
(This not the amount which I buy from wholesale/volume (e.g. best buy)). The quoted OEM prices refer to end-users price.
There is much business sense in moving away from those kinds of costs, especially for the home user.
You are forgetting the soft skills factor…
With TCPA M$ is forcing people to use thier products or become incompatible...even with earlier windows products.
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Such statement contradicts Microsoft's David Cutler (NT’s top banana) in regards to the importance of software investment protection.
It is also an attempt to kill GPL as you cant afford to get certification. All this on the x86 platform.
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Careful with "It is also an attempt to kill GPL as you cant afford to get certification. All this on the x86 platform." statement.
Reference;
http://search.amd.com/amd_query.html?col=spec1&col=a4&col=a2&col=a3&col=a1&col=a5&charset=utf-8&ht=0&qp=url%3A%2Fus-en%2F+url%3A%2Fgb-uk%2F+url%3A%2Fepd%2F&qt=Linux+Future&qs=+%7C+language%3Aen&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=1&la=en&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&rq=0&si=0Hector Ruiz has stated that their future is with Linux and Windows. Linux would be fine under AMD's processors.
Note that Intel/HP directly supports OpenVMS for IA-64.
Also refer to;
http://www.computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/C6D47647C87E74CFCC256C040081D748!opendocument
TCPA is backed by industry heavyweights such as Intel, Compaq/HP, IBM and of course Microsoft. It and Palladium are both seen as business enabling technologies
Notice IBM.
For Palladium to work; both HW and SW must be aware with another. Note that the Longhorn beta works with the current x86 HW...
anyway, all of this is speculation until it all happens, maybe we should take about it again in 5-10 years.
Try again.
