Sinking ship? Microsoft's financials are quite solid. And just look at the comments here in this thread, on "Hacker News", a site you think would be full of t

Sinking ship? Microsoft's financials are quite solid. And just look at the comments here in this thread, on "Hacker News", a site you think would be full of techies: they're mostly advocating sticking with Windows. How on Earth is Microsoft a "sinking ship"? Apple's laptops, by contrast, are the ones that seem to be going downhill, with that company concentrating on its mobile phones. Where are all the Windows users going to go? Not to Apple, and apparently not to Linux either judging by the marketshare numbers and comments here. Microsoft is doing exactly the right thing here, loading up their OS with spyware and adware to make money from their users. I see nothing at all wrong with them abusing users as much as they want, with forced reboots, forced ads, poorly-QAed driver updates causing system malfunctions, etc. Their customers have proven over and over and over that they will not abandon the Windows platform no matter what, so it's perfectly sensible for Microsoft to exploit this for monetary gain. And given that the techies on sites like this are generally libertarian, anyone who complains about MS's behavior is most likely a hypocrite.