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Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

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Re: Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

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Post by shubb »

Numberwang wrote: post #3
Zekio wrote: post #2

Another version of Windows... they really should consider reducing the amount of versions instead of increasing it

Same with linux distros. Variety is unproductive.

Linux isn't a single company though.

There are around 25 different editions of windows 10. It's very difficult to know what you need to buy. And when you read their... licensing white paper... it quickly becomes clear that you can't legally affordably use any of them for a lot of normal usecases.

Re: Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

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Post by Markoff »

meanwhile here I am on W10 Pro on my workstation which I can't update because main windows partition has 30GB and apparently 5GB of free space was not enough for update and can't use other partitions to update it

if I didn't need SDL Trados Studio I would be done with Windows, after recent update switched from MS Office to Libre Office and can't complain so last produt from MS I use is W10 Pro

Re: Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

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Post by ourmandave »

fredley wrote: post #6
jrimbault wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Counter argument, variety is choice, choice is freedom. (not strictly true, you could have only the illusion of choice and freedom, and other arguments, I mean I've written essays on choice ...)

Choice is tyranny! http://www.economist.com/node/17723028

Control your versions, you must!

Variety is choice, choice is freedom, choice is tyranny, choice leads to the Dark Side.

Re: Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

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Post by floatboth »

> ReFS (Resilient file system)

Not new? Maybe it's now available for boot drives during installation? But I just formatted a hard drive to ReFS on my normal W10 Pro install.

> non-volatile memory modules (NVDIMM-N)

Ooh that's interesting, is that the software support for the upcoming Optane DIMMs?

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Post by skywhopper »

Numberwang wrote: post #3
Zekio wrote: post #2

Another version of Windows... they really should consider reducing the amount of versions instead of increasing it

Same with linux distros. Variety is unproductive.

Linux distributions are created and maintained by different organizations, and they differ, not in what they are able to do, but in how they accomplish it. Microsoft is a single organization creating artificial strata within a single product. Both lead to a confusing array of choices, but while the diversity of Linux distributions is an organic outgrowth of Linux's licensing, leading to competition for users and maintainers which drives changes and innovation in the resulting products, the Windows stratification is completely artificial and does nothing to drive change or innovation, instead simply increases user confusion only in order to capture pricing flexibility in the market. I'm sure it's profitable for Microsoft to do this, but as a user, it's incredibly frustrating. Luckily I am able to choose not to deal with the Microsoft market-shaving licensing morass anymore, and I can spend my mental energy thinking about what I'm building, instead of choosing which licensing strategy is most cost-effective, and constantly worrying about compliance.

Re: Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

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Post by 0xTJ »

floatboth wrote: post #15

> ReFS (Resilient file system) Not new? Maybe it's now available for boot drives during installation? But I just formatted a hard drive to ReFS on my normal W10 Pro install. > non-volatile memory modules (NVDIMM-N) Ooh that's interesting, is that the software support for the upcoming Optane DIMMs?

I'm not completely sure, but I'm assuming that this means instant complete hibernation, without having to write to disk?

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Post by Numberwang »

skywhopper wrote: post #17
Numberwang wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same with linux distros. Variety is unproductive.

Linux distributions are created and maintained by different organizations, and they differ, not in what they are able to do, but in how they accomplish it. Microsoft is a single organization creating artificial strata within a single product. Both lead to a confusing array of choices, but while the diversity of Linux distributions is an organic outgrowth of Linux's licensing, leading to competition for users and main…

How can it be profitable to do and not lead to innovation? Do you know how corporations work?

Re: Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

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Post by ptx »

Numberwang wrote: post #3
Zekio wrote: post #2

Another version of Windows... they really should consider reducing the amount of versions instead of increasing it

Same with linux distros. Variety is unproductive.

There is an important difference.

Linux distributions represent the efforts of different teams to make the best systems for their particular niche. With Windows, on the other hand, a single organization develops a single system (the canonical good version), and from that they create various worse versions by applying limitations in different combinations to the good version.

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