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11-27-2013, 12:49 PM
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Are we really going to be given a tablet that has a operating system that is about to be killed and cannot be upgraded to full windows like the Surface Pro? Looks like MSFT pulled a fast one on DAL.
Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT | Technology | theguardian.com
Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT | Technology | theguardian.com
11-27-2013, 01:16 PM
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I have heard grumblings that at this point the whole eLink initiative is considered a "toy" for the pilots by upper mgmt...
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11-27-2013, 01:43 PM
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Are we really going to be given a tablet that has a operating system that is about to be killed and cannot be upgraded to full windows like the Surface Pro? Looks like MSFT pulled a fast one on DAL.
Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT | Technology | theguardian.com
Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT | Technology | theguardian.com
Also, the iPad in various has 3 and a half years of maturity, software development and associated skills in addition to the years of iPhone knowledge (which is very similar). Surface has.. what? A year?
<sigh>
Just look at the TV ads. Apple shows off all the things you can do with the iPad. Microsoft shows how dancing people can click a keyboard (that's a $120 option) to the Surface.
11-27-2013, 01:46 PM
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So will they go forward with the Windows Pro or scrap the whole thing?
11-27-2013, 02:22 PM
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It certainly had (had) potential, but the implementation has been entirely bush league. We have an IT department. But since our company is so deeply siloed, we allowed a corporate customer to unload a brick- did anybody in flight ops think to run this by IT? This is a huge gaffe. And I think we all saw it coming.
So will they go forward with the Windows Pro or scrap the whole thing?
So will they go forward with the Windows Pro or scrap the whole thing?
11-27-2013, 02:40 PM
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I'm telling you, the Surface 2 is good hardware and a terrific OS concept for an enterprise (secure) platform.
But, if Microsoft pulls the plug then Delta is spending a lot of money to write software for a system that is a dead end.
But, if Microsoft pulls the plug then Delta is spending a lot of money to write software for a system that is a dead end.
11-27-2013, 02:56 PM
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The hardware does seem good. But it's going to have to be full Windows or else another device. I doubt Android would be secure enough. So that leaves IPad, which we are already supporting. I wouldn't mind a Surface Pro. At least I could run the Navtech bid software...
11-27-2013, 03:23 PM
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Mngt should take a deep breath and say 'Sorry' to MS and make the call to Cupertino. The only people not singing praise will be MS, and do we REALLY care?
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11-27-2013, 03:40 PM
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11-27-2013, 04:59 PM
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