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You know you have a problem when people refuse a FREE upgrade to your latest product. In my opinion, this is a consequence of Microsoft's refusal to just give p
by remir 9y ago
You know you have a problem when people refuse a FREE upgrade to your latest product. In my opinion, this is a consequence of Microsoft's refusal to just give people what they want: an even better, more optimized Windows 7. That's it.
They could have delivered that with Windows 8, but we all know what happened. God knows how much money they wasted in that process (Nokia deal, Win 8 failure, Win Phone failure).
Instead of learning about their mistake, they kept this strategy going with Windows 10, but UWP is not taking off and Windows Mobile is dead.
- AlexeyBrin 9y agoUWP has a really good chance if Windows 10S will be well received in education
- ux-app 9y agothat's just armchair quarterbacking. If they did deliver just a better win7 then people would be saying that you can't be relevant by staying in the past. Good on them for experimenting, even if it didn't pay off this time around (yet anyway)
- remir 9y agoThen why are so many people still on Windows 7 despite the fact that there was a free upgrade to Windows 10? Is it possible that a lot of people simply don't like the new "modern" apps (UWP) MS is pushing? Is it possible they got burned by Windows 8 and don't see the point in upgrading?
- ux-app 9y agoI'll concede that the market hasn't responded, but still applaud MS for pushing forward with new ideas.
- sixothree 9y agoWindows 8 was a pretty big blunder to recover from. And it left many people with an unease to upgrade. Also, Windows 7 was just really an incredible operating system. When something is that good, it's really hard to move on. Me though, I'm enjoying 10 quite nicely.