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When my child gets older and leaves home, I won't be saying its the end of him. He has just matured. Similarly, this just marks the maturity level of Windows,
by laythea 9y ago
When my child gets older and leaves home, I won't be saying its the end of him. He has just matured.
Similarly, this just marks the maturity level of Windows, where there really is no significant innovation in operating systems release after release. Nothing like win 3.1 -> win 95 etc. Its been that way for a while. Obviously its cash that motives this move from Microsoft, however I wouldn't want Microsoft changing the location of the start menu every release just to stir up the market and justify a release (for example) every year.
I remember a cherished time where the next operating system release felt like an upgrade to myself as well as my PC. I could do more than before. No longer. We have it all nowadays and have became spoilt.
- dmix 9y agoThe more comments I read on here the more it seems people have only read the headline, or have only a surface level grasp of the content, without really understanding what the author is saying. "The End of Windows" = "The End of Windows as the core foundation of the various Microsoft divisions/services/apps" It does not mean the end of Windows as an important part of Microsoft...at all. Rather it's about decoupling Windows from the rest of the other divisions to reflect the reality of today's non-PC centric world where Window's is merely one client among other mobile/cloud/AI/IoT/etc clients. As others have pointed out, the perfect example is how Ballmer didn't want to release Office for iPad until Windows had a touch screen version to compete with it. It means more flexibility for both the company and for Windows, which is win-win for Microsoft consumers and Windows users.
- majormajor 9y agoGenerally I think we call that "clickbait," no? :) Headlines like that make some people less likely to actually read the article, especially on HN.