joysick...

stephan schutter rhl at farorbit.com
Mon Sep 22 18:30:03 UTC 2003


OK OK ... so let me re-phrase that;

IS there such a package (that can configure a joystic)any where that any 
of you know about that I may add?

Michael Knepher wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 08:11, stephan schutter wrote:
> 
>>I was not thinking of the enterprize... Besides, Microsoft's Enterprize 
>>solutions do have this and many other nice-to-have features. I agree 
>>that an organization may not make their OS choice based on the presence 
>>of a tool to configure joysticks -- but the presence of such a tool does 
>>  add to the overall impression of the product; how complete it is.
> 
> 
> Microsoft's consumer OS is:
> 
> a) a popular game platform
> b) a profit center
> 
> Red Hat's consumer OS, on the other hand, is:
> 
> a) not a popular game platform
> b) not a profit center
> c) non-existent
> 
> With the merging of the consumer/enterprise platforms in the various
> flavors of XP, there's no penalty to Microsoft for including the
> consumer-friendly parts in the enterprise line (assuming you're speaking
> of Win2k/XP Professional) which are also targeted at "power user"
> consumers. But I seriously doubt that Microsoft's sales pitch to CIOs
> will ever include a discussion of WinXP's gaming hardware support as a
> factor of its "completeness" - except perhaps in the context of "Can it
> be removed?"
> 
> And until Red Hat's revenues start to get into the same city (much less
> the same ballpark) as Microsoft's, I wouldn't expect them to apply too
> many resources to something that does not tangibly enhance the
> profitability of their products.
> 
> 
> 
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