On Wednesday 18 July 2007 18:37:12 Harold Fuchs wrote: > M Henri Day wrote: > > 2007/7/18, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On 18/07/07, jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> > > Please would you share with us the ways in which the > >> > > versions of > >> > >> Vista > >> > >> > > other than Ultimate and Enterprise are crippled, or point > >> > > us at > >> > >> links > >> > >> > where we > >> > > >> > Multilingual input is the most frequently listed crippled > >> > feature on this list. > >> > > >> > Microsoft has a page announcing with great joy and pride > >> > which features were crippled in which version of Windows > >> > Vista.[I guess it is a great accomplishment for them to > >> > admit that they knowingly designed things to be fatally > >> > flawed, as a way of enhancing their revenue stream.] > >> > > >> > xan > >> > > >> > jonathon > >> > >> Please would you share with us the URL for this page? Thank > >> you. > >> > >> -- > >> Harold Fuchs > >> London, England > >> Please reply *only* to [email protected] > > > > Harold, as Jonathon has not yet responded, I take the liberty > > of forwarding > > you herewith the URL of a page, not, indeed, produced by > > Microsoft, but by > > the ITS help desk at the University of Iowa, and which clearly > > shows which > > features are found on which editions of the Vista OS : > > http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/vista/new/versions.htm > > > >> From my point of view, the Business edition I have installed > >> on my computer > > > > is indeed crippled, as it does not allow me access to the > > Microsoft IMEs I > > have used in, e g, XP to directly input CJK scripts from my > > keyboard (the really frustrating thing is that the necessary > > files - some 166 of them - seem to be installed, but I cannot > > execute them). I regard this as an entirely unexpected and > > egregious deterioration in conditions of use when compared, for > > example, with Windows XP Home, and I have seen no explanation > > from Microsoft on why the firm found it necessary to introduce > > this restriction. Fortunately, I still have XP Home on one > > partition, so I retain > > access to Windows IMEs, and on my Ubuntu 7.04 harddisk, I have > > access to what I regard as a far superior input editor, known > > as SCIM. But not everyone finds him or herself in this > > situation.... > > > > Henri > > Henri, > > Thank you. A very interesting page. > > Regards, Harold
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