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Shouldn't they have launched it as an alternative to Windows, for those users who want the benefits (reliability, security, whatever) rather than abandoning it?
by kartickv 9y ago
Shouldn't they have launched it as an alternative to Windows, for those users who want the benefits (reliability, security, whatever) rather than abandoning it? Make it free ($0) and open-source to encourage adoption. And why couldn't it run Windows in a VM for backward compatibility?
- contextfree 9y agoI personally agree, but the counterpoint is that this would have taken Microsoft's already confusing and uncertain product and platform roadmap and make it even much worse. I think those worries were absolutely founded even though I think it would've been worth it anyway.
- kartickv 9y agoThat's a valid concern, but one caused by selling too many editions of the same product ( https://medium.com/@karti/office-365-was-too-hard-to-buy-so-i-bought-gsuite-e599d2af9962 https://medium.com/@karti/office-365-was-too-hard-to-buy-so-... ) with artifical differentation, not completely different products with different intrinsic tradeoffs.