Re:The Age of AI has begun
by marcodiego on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @04:07PM
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At one point, I remember windows vista license being a significant price of a new computer. At the same time, microsoft made huge efforts to hurt linux image on the desktop, which could really bring "down the price of computers and software".
One may see them as a good "driving force behind bringing down the price of computers and software" for a very limited time. I don't know if the result of 90's and early 2000's microsoft was a net positive to the field.
I don't think "They have done more to educate people in developing countries [..] than maybe any other company in history" considering how they also made many governments, institutions and people dependent on their software. This eventually cost these same entities a lot more than needed if there was a healthy competition which always fought against.
Re:The Age of AI has begun
by paxys on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @05:39PM
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What hurt Linux was that it was – and still is – completely unusable for the average non-technical person. Microsoft wasn't the one holding back adoption.
One may see them as a good "driving force behind bringing down the price of computers and software" for a very limited time. I don't know if the result of 90's and early 2000's microsoft was a net positive to the field.
I don't think "They have done more to educate people in developing countries [..] than maybe any other company in history" considering how they also made many governments, institutions and people dependent on their software. This eventually cost these same entities a lot more than needed if there was a healthy competition which always fought against.