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> Today, Windows is for miserable people who can't afford anything better. This is understood by consumers. This is also understood by hardware makers. Please,

> Today, Windows is for miserable people who can't afford anything better. This is understood by consumers. This is also understood by hardware makers. Please, take a look outside of the SV/US bubble. Windows currently has a nearly 90% market share [1], is available to a very wide spectrum of devices. This is not because of "miserable people who can't afford anything better", but due to conscious efforts by Microsoft to make their product accesible. And due to marketing as well [1]https://netmarketshare.com https://netmarketshare.com

thriftwy 9y ago
I'm sorry for you to hear, but there's more poor and miserable people in the world than affluent ones. Doesn't make anything that I have said less valid. I just want to see Windows crowd admit that they left their audience down, and etch that on the back of their eyelids. Because right now they're in quantum entalgnement state, where they simultaneously admit it, but then again "but maybe it wasn't so bad after all, we got to keep most of market share". You let my mom down, for god's sake. Just stop. Admit and never forget. It was exactly as bad as you fear to remember and then some.
- goldenkey 9y ago
  I use Windows, OSX, Linux and BSD. And my main OS is Windows. Sorry that you don't like the OS. Maybe you never learned the APIs or read some of the public code. The windows kernel isn't bad by any means. And its userspace utilities are pretty damn good.
  - thriftwy 9y ago
    You sound like an autist. Maybe you are, then who I am to judge you? Kudos for koping. But if you aren't, you are showing a dangerous level of disregard for human wellbeing. A dismal OS was shipped to around billion customers, which undid basic UI features that they were accustomized to. And your defence is that this OS was made with perfectly fine parts. No, that's not a good line here.
    - goldenkey 9y ago
      Windows 10 didn't undo anything. All old programs run fine on it. God forbid a large company try something daring.
      - thriftwy 9y ago
        Windows 8 did.
        goldenkey 9y ago
        No one uses Windows 8. It was deemed a failure.
    - skinnymuch 9y ago
      Autist? What? Dude chill out. Windows isn’t the end all of civilization.

thriftwy 9y ago

I'm sorry for you to hear, but there's more poor and miserable people in the world than affluent ones. Doesn't make anything that I have said less valid. I just want to see Windows crowd admit that they left their audience down, and etch that on the back of their eyelids. Because right now they're in quantum entalgnement state, where they simultaneously admit it, but then again "but maybe it wasn't so bad after all, we got to keep most of market share". You let my mom down, for god's sake. Just stop. Admit and never forget. It was exactly as bad as you fear to remember and then some.

goldenkey 9y ago
I use Windows, OSX, Linux and BSD. And my main OS is Windows. Sorry that you don't like the OS. Maybe you never learned the APIs or read some of the public code. The windows kernel isn't bad by any means. And its userspace utilities are pretty damn good.
- thriftwy 9y ago
  You sound like an autist. Maybe you are, then who I am to judge you? Kudos for koping. But if you aren't, you are showing a dangerous level of disregard for human wellbeing. A dismal OS was shipped to around billion customers, which undid basic UI features that they were accustomized to. And your defence is that this OS was made with perfectly fine parts. No, that's not a good line here.
  - goldenkey 9y ago
    Windows 10 didn't undo anything. All old programs run fine on it. God forbid a large company try something daring.
    - thriftwy 9y ago
      Windows 8 did.
      - goldenkey 9y ago
        No one uses Windows 8. It was deemed a failure.
  - skinnymuch 9y ago
    Autist? What? Dude chill out. Windows isn’t the end all of civilization.