The other camp is free, can be configured to your heart's frustration, recompiled from source, has more different interfaces than is easily countable, and
Oh, wait, you meant Apple. Sorry - I thought your were talking about a real alternative for business. On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 09:42, Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: > "We're Microsoft, and we say you're going to > do it *this* way now, so tough tootsies" > > and that's different from the other camp HOW ??? > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> >> wrote: >> > I don't see Metro being deployed by Enterprise. I could be wrong, of >> > course - but right now, I see it as being very consumer. >> >> From what I've seen, it's targeted at phones, tablets, and other >> fondle-slabs. And it would appear to make a lot of sense in such >> environments. The screens are mostly too small for overlapping >> windows to be useful, and obviously touch is the way to do things. >> So I see it as a win for that. I don't really see "home desktops" >> sticking around in their current role much longer -- I think they'll >> mostly be displaced by fondle-slabs. So all that makes sense to me. >> >> What's got me worried is all the noise about how it's very hard to >> get away from Metro. Even the Start button reportedly just switches >> back to Metro now. The standard refrain is "it's just a preview" but >> that's what they said about the Ribbon, and Vista, too. I hope this >> doesn't turn into another "We're Microsoft, and we say you're going to >> do it *this* way now, so tough tootsies" affair. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
