Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
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Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
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Re: Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
#2Google Chrome uses separate processes for each tab / window. So I agree that in some ways it is a gift to Google, but it still encourages use of FF and IE over Chrome. Assuming Google is planning on expanded use of Chrome, this could cause problems for their product roadmap.
Re: Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
#3I personally don't think we'll see a whole lot of Windows Starter edition. I think it will mostly be sold in developing countries and on some of the crappier netbooks. You weren't going to have much fun with Excel, IE, Word, and Powerpoint open on an Atom processor with 1 gig of memory anyway.
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Re: Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
#5Google Chrome uses separate processes for each tab / window. So I agree that in some ways it is a gift to Google, but it still encourages use of FF and IE over Chrome. Assuming Google is planning on expanded use of Chrome, this could cause problems for their product roadmap.
I would assume that multiple instances of the same processname would count only once, but who knows.
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I know you're trying to be funny, but actually there is a Windows XP Starter Edition. It's been around for the better half of a decade. Microsoft sells it in India for far less than a Windows license typically costs in the West.
Re: Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
#7Google Chrome uses separate processes for each tab / window. So I agree that in some ways it is a gift to Google, but it still encourages use of FF and IE over Chrome. Assuming Google is planning on expanded use of Chrome, this could cause problems for their product roadmap.
Exactly - this screws over Google Chrome, which is a shame because it's a slick browser (though I personally am keeping a closer eye on the Chromium project, especially since I use Linux). I'm not sure this is ultimately to the benefit of Google at all, as the author indicates, and might even be an offensive tactic against them, seeing as Google is really pushing their browser hard.
Re: Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
#8Google Chrome uses separate processes for each tab / window. So I agree that in some ways it is a gift to Google, but it still encourages use of FF and IE over Chrome. Assuming Google is planning on expanded use of Chrome, this could cause problems for their product roadmap.
According to http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=844, you "can open as many windows as you want from a single program", which I assume means sub-processes are not counted.
Also, IE8 creates separate processes for each tab, just like Chrome. Obviously Microsoft can set whatever double standards they like, but excluding other browsers would pretty much guarantee the Justice Department re-entering the mix.
Re: Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter is a gift to Google
#9Google Chrome uses separate processes for each tab / window. So I agree that in some ways it is a gift to Google, but it still encourages use of FF and IE over Chrome. Assuming Google is planning on expanded use of Chrome, this could cause problems for their product roadmap.
I was under the impression that FF was also going the way of separate processes for each tab.