Personally I think that Microsoft could make a fortune with a stripped down version of Windows tailored for specific user needs and MS and third party software.
Imagine how fast your computer would be if the 50-75(?)% of Windows you didn’t need and never used, was not there to inhibit its operations?
The way to do this is for MS to create an online app, in which users would list just the hardware and software that they use. The MS would calculate exactly what you need, and you could pay for and download your new OS that would be burned to DVD.
This would be very profitable for MS as well, because any other software you wanted you would buy ala carte, because to make it mesh perfectly with just your OS, your OS would need to be rearranged a little.
I agree. Imagine a cheap Windows Micro OS that allows you to buy the stuff you wanted to add on. That would likely have some of us Linux guys thinking about it.
Crikey! And then someday someone might actually look into that and style it somewhat like a UNIX-style system where what you do not need you do not have to have installed in your machine, and -just to tweak everyone's noses in it, call it LINUX! Linux Is Not Unix!
What a concept, 'ay?