Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
As far as consumers are concerned,
unfortunately no Linux distribution has shown itself to be ready for
prime time. Perhaps for them, the best option is to upgrade to an Apple
Mac. Then they can run their Windows XP stuff in a virtual window using
Parallels or in dual boot mode using Boot Camp, while also taking
advantage of all the cool Mac applications that come with their system.
If consumers don't like the thought of being tied to a Mac for the rest
of their life, then they could use Parallels or VMware, when it's
available for a Mac, to run a Linux desktop distro like Ubuntu in a
third virtual window. They could then gradually migrate applications to
Linux that they don't want to be tied to any particular hardware.
It's a pity that I feel compelled to write an article like this.
However, the thought of being forced to pay through the nose to upgrade
to a highly configured PC running Vista, only to face the prospect of
constant check-ups from some server in Redmond about the validity of my
software has me a little spooked not to mention outraged.
No doubt there are plenty who disagree and believe that SPP is
necessary to stamp out software piracy. To them and Microsoft, I say
don't try to fool yourselves. The vast majority of software pirates are
in second and third world countries. Many will find a way around SPP
and those that can't will probably turn to Linux.
In fact, Microsoft's decision to try to nab Vista software pirates
using spyware may be the best thing that ever happened to Linux and Mac
OS X.
David Bass
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