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kaiwai

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Windows 7 is the operating system that is going to save Microsoft from being doomed.

Microsoft is already doomed.

Direct2D and DirectWrite, two great API"s and guess what - widgets in Windows will not use it; it will be using the same old unaccelerated GDI/GDI+ which caused performance problems in Windows Vista.

Isn't that bloody typical; introduce a new API that could improve Windows - and Microsoft fails to use it. Why aren't I surprised?

Basically, after the confirmation from the Microsoft engineer relating to Direct2D/DirectWrite on Windows 7 - it can smell a fail cake in the process of getting baked.

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Microsoft is already doomed.

Direct2D and DirectWrite, two great API"s and guess what - widgets in Windows will not use it; it will be using the same old unaccelerated GDI/GDI+ which caused performance problems in Windows Vista.

Isn't that bloody typical; introduce a new API that could improve Windows - and Microsoft fails to use it. Why aren't I surprised?

Basically, after the confirmation from the Microsoft engineer relating to Direct2D/DirectWrite on Windows 7 - it can smell a fail cake in the process of getting baked.

Why hasnt Microsoft hired you on to their development team?

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kaiwai

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Why hasnt Microsoft hired you on to their development team?

Because I would micromanage the whole project from start to finish. I would ensure that the product ended up exactly the way I demanded it - that is why.

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NEVER85

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Microsoft is already doomed.

This is all I needed to read to realize I never have to take your opinions seriously. Millions of companies worldwide would simultaneously need to stop using Microsoft products for them to be doomed, and since that's never going to happen (WinME debacle, Vista's poor reception by the lesser informed who actually think it's a bad product), we don't have to worry. It's not like Apple would be ready to take over for Microsoft if it ever did happen, nor would a worldwide migration to *nix be feasible at this juncture.

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kaiwai

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it is a known fact

MS = OS monopoly

since they command 90%+ from OS market .

to be a monopoly

any thing over 75%+ of any market

Maybe you should learn what a monopoly is - any economics book from highschool/college has that information.

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Monopoly means a single player market. So definitely the OS market is not a monopolistic as is misconceived to be. Microsoft Windows simply has a huge market share and are way ahead of its competitors.

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