Lore du Jour

I was listening to this podcast recently and it said that Microsoft was thinking about making Windows a closed platform, like the XBOX, therefore making many programs no longer work on windows. I have compiled a list of programs that will probally no longer work if Microsoft was to do this.

• Anything Mozilla (Firefox relpaced with IE, Thunderbird with Outlook)
• Anything Google
• Adobe Flash(Replaced with Silverlight), Shockwave(Replaced with Silverlight), CS3(Replaced with Microsoft Expression), ect.
• Any Indie Game/Software
• STEAM (Replaced with their Zone.com service)
• BitTorrent (Replaced with nothing)
• WildTangnent (Replaced with their Zone.com Service)
• iTunes (Replaced with Windows Media Player)

So what would happen if Microsoft did make windows a closed platform? Well, many apps would be based on the internet, but they couldn't use Flash or Shockwave. Many people would move to Mac or Linux (Microsoft's Competitors). DirectX would go away because people would move to other platforms. People would NOT buy a zune and go to a Mac to sync their iPod. Basicly, Microsoft would comit suicide. R.I.P.