Amon to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 4 days agoWhat if Metro was done by anyone other than Microsoft?message-square28fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat if Metro was done by anyone other than Microsoft?Amon to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 4 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepartial_accumenlinkfedilink12•4 days agoWorse, they even forced it on Windows Server 2008 (and 2008R2). That interface had no business being on servers which many times only were only accessible by narrow higher latency remote links and many times without mice.
minus-square@neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 days agoIt is argued by “some” that a GUI has no business being on a server.
minus-square@rumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilink-1•4 days agoWhy would you even consider using Windows without a mouse, though?
Worse, they even forced it on Windows Server 2008 (and 2008R2). That interface had no business being on servers which many times only were only accessible by narrow higher latency remote links and many times without mice.
It is argued by “some” that a GUI has no business being on a server.
2012, 2012r2*
2008 was “vista”, r2 was 7.
Why would you even consider using Windows without a mouse, though?