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What's amazing about this telemetry issue and the forced upgrade path is that, at the same time, they're trying to fight the PR problem by claiming that they mi
by lvs 11y ago
What's amazing about this telemetry issue and the forced upgrade path is that, at the same time, they're trying to fight the PR problem by claiming that they might soon have a more reasonable FOSS (or at least OSS) mentality, will contribute to openssh, etc., all as part of their new "customer-oriented culture." It's really just a carrot-and-stick, isn't it?
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoIt's more like carrot and nuclear fail bomb. Is there anyone in MS management here who can explain how and why this is supposed to be a customer winning idea, and how it won't launch a stampede towards OS X and Linux? "Okay, so we do the spying thing with everything you type. But - scout's honour - we don't do it all that much. Honest!" Corporate dementia is becoming more and more of a problem in enterprise scale IT. HP, Yahoo, Apple, Oracle, IBM, and Google all suffer from it to varying degrees. But MS appear to be trying to win a special best-in-class award for it.
- yuhong 11y agoIt is called "Windows as a Service" for a reason.