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What the hell is wrong with Microsoft? It's like they have lost their mind with Windows 10.

by Esau 10y ago

jordanwallwork 10y ago
Surely they're aware of how much they're pissing people off with stuff like this, it blows my mind that they're still doing it
- cm2187 10y ago
  And we know they read Hacker News...
- ionised 10y ago
  They don't respect their customers, they're thinking only of the money that can be made by having hundreds of of millions of people on Windows 10.
tomkwok 10y ago
Well at least they now give a "Do not notify me again" option, which they previously didn't even include in popups according to earlier reports.
- krapp 10y ago
  Which probably turns the notifications off and schedules the update in the background anyway.
varjag 10y ago
This is not unprecedented with big companies. Remember when Google set to convert every YouTube user to G+? My theory is there's some internal incentive system set up, and the users suffer the ugly consequence of it. Am sure some people bonuses over there depend on quarterly user conversion rates.
TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
Microsoft are determined to reduce fragmentation of the Windows install base and to get Windows 10 widely adopted, and will do whatever it takes to get there. Their customers have few alternatives, and there's no future Windows versions, so Microsoft don't have to play fair.
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- Qantourisc 10y ago
  There IS a simple solution, and it's not like they can stop providing updates for the old version anyway: just wait a few years !
- makecheck 10y ago
  I think there is a large and closing window of opportunity for new open-source advocacy in light of Windows 10. A very large number of people have been exposed to this: Windows 10 upgrades illustrate all the risks of leaving your infrastructure dependent on a single corporation. Messages could be broadcast pointing out how open-source systems might avoid or reduce these concerns.
- anonymousab 10y ago
  The sheer aggression and fervor suggests ulterior motivations. More so if you view them as a company that is normally less hostile (these days). Though I suspect these decisions are being made by a separate silo from the developer-friendly "new Microsoft" groups.
  - TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
    Why do they need an ulterior motive? They want a single, non-fragmented userbase running the latest software, so there's a simple platform for third-party developers and for Microsoft themselves. That's more than reason enough.
    - pdkl95 10y ago
anexprogrammer 10y ago
It's not exactly unprecedented from them.
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What the hell is wrong with Microsoft? It's like they have lost their mind with Windows 10.

by Esau 10y ago

What the hell is wrong with Microsoft? It's like they have lost their mind with Windows 10.

Surely they're aware of how much they're pissing people off with stuff like this, it blows my mind that they're still doing it

cm2187 10y ago
And we know they read Hacker News...
ionised 10y ago
They don't respect their customers, they're thinking only of the money that can be made by having hundreds of of millions of people on Windows 10.

tomkwok 10y ago

Well at least they now give a "Do not notify me again" option, which they previously didn't even include in popups according to earlier reports.

krapp 10y ago
Which probably turns the notifications off and schedules the update in the background anyway.

varjag 10y ago

This is not unprecedented with big companies. Remember when Google set to convert every YouTube user to G+? My theory is there's some internal incentive system set up, and the users suffer the ugly consequence of it. Am sure some people bonuses over there depend on quarterly user conversion rates.

TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago

Microsoft are determined to reduce fragmentation of the Windows install base and to get Windows 10 widely adopted, and will do whatever it takes to get there. Their customers have few alternatives, and there's no future Windows versions, so Microsoft don't have to play fair.

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Qantourisc 10y ago
There IS a simple solution, and it's not like they can stop providing updates for the old version anyway: just wait a few years !
makecheck 10y ago
I think there is a large and closing window of opportunity for new open-source advocacy in light of Windows 10. A very large number of people have been exposed to this: Windows 10 upgrades illustrate all the risks of leaving your infrastructure dependent on a single corporation. Messages could be broadcast pointing out how open-source systems might avoid or reduce these concerns.
anonymousab 10y ago
The sheer aggression and fervor suggests ulterior motivations. More so if you view them as a company that is normally less hostile (these days). Though I suspect these decisions are being made by a separate silo from the developer-friendly "new Microsoft" groups.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
  Why do they need an ulterior motive? They want a single, non-fragmented userbase running the latest software, so there's a simple platform for third-party developers and for Microsoft themselves. That's more than reason enough.
  - pdkl95 10y ago

anexprogrammer 10y ago

It's not exactly unprecedented from them.

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