-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Dinis Cruz wrote: > Why don't we have an IIS 7.0 for windows NT? and IE 7.0 for windows > 2000? an Windows Firewall for all windows under the sun? > > And if Microsoft changed fair prices for them (for example a fiver ($5) > for IE7) I'm sure they would have enough buyers to justify the > investment (humm... 200 million users * $ 5 a pop is 1 $billion), and > (probably more important to Microsoft) they could give them for free for > the companies that subscribe to the 'Microsoft software assurance' > licensing model. > > Here would be a nice positive model which would create more secure > software, give the users a better deal AND keep the shareholders happy :) We don't have an IIS 7 for NT because Microsoft builds its applications atop new system functionality. It also offers them a way to muscle their product into a market. Do you think IE's user count would be anywhere near 200 million if Microsoft hadn't made the marketing-oriented decision to integrate the browser into the Windows operating system? Aside from that, Microsoft would have a hell of a time charging for what is now legally an "operating system component" as decided by the U.S. courts. The government's lawyers would be all over them like a pack of wild dogs. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDfTDXfp4vUrVETTgRA1DoAJ9DpMZE/no0iEJX0r80C19RDCagcgCfRvym sBT4F/Mc/E/Tsy2MFhlFOls= =Aj54 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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