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Well, I'm sure eventually there will be something to chew on. But for now... Reading about the ribbon feels like reading that the next Cadillac will have chrom

Well, I'm sure eventually there will be something to chew on. But for now... Reading about the ribbon feels like reading that the next Cadillac will have chromed tail fins again. Intensely interesting if you're thinking about buying one, but not particularly actionable. Which is an interesting counter-point to the Windows of so many years ago: The entire industry worked on a calendar dominated by Windows releases. Apps would be upgraded on that schedule. PC purchases would spike on that schedule. Hordes of apps would become extinct overnight as Microsoft built their features into new releases of Windows. But now? As a developer, what does a new release of Windows mean to me? What does a new release of Windows mean to startups? Come to think of it, what does a new release of Windows mean to Microsoft? Can Microsoft count on taxing their existing customer base in the form of upgrade revenues? Specifically, incremental upgrade revenues (people upgrading to Windows 8 that wouldn't upgraded to Windows)? Obviously the thing will sell to OEMs and so on, and Microsoft will claim huge wins from corporate customers upgrading, but are we going to see another bit of sales jiggery-pokery where most of the revenue would be money Microsoft would have made anyways?

blazer 16y ago
What we expect from MS in Windows 8: #1. Price: Make it something around $50 to $100 #2. Seriously nobody cares Home basic, Home premium editions. Just discontinue these kind of editions. #2.1 Make it sharp Windows 8 lite ($30), Windows 8 Pro($50), Windows 8 Ultimate($100) #3. Try to have "Software Installer". Ubuntu has a perfect one. That would be great, If we have 100s of latest setup files packed with installation media (Skype, Pidgin, Firefox, MS Office, Putty, Apache, PHP, Python, Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Filezilla, Dropbox) #4. We need a stable firewall in windows. Try to buy companies like "Outpost" and please improve your WIndows one care. (If it still exists) #5. Spywares, Keyloggers, Viruses, Trojans .. We are installing almost 2-3 tools to protect us from these.. Please invest some money to make a stable "Security Software" #6. Please make IE9 avail in cross platform. If ActiveX is the only problem.. Then do it cross platform first. #7. Respect Opensource packages. #8. Password protected directories... #9. Support MORE local languages (See any linux distro) ...

blazer 16y ago

What we expect from MS in Windows 8: #1. Price: Make it something around $50 to $100 #2. Seriously nobody cares Home basic, Home premium editions. Just discontinue these kind of editions. #2.1 Make it sharp Windows 8 lite ($30), Windows 8 Pro($50), Windows 8 Ultimate($100) #3. Try to have "Software Installer". Ubuntu has a perfect one. That would be great, If we have 100s of latest setup files packed with installation media (Skype, Pidgin, Firefox, MS Office, Putty, Apache, PHP, Python, Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Filezilla, Dropbox) #4. We need a stable firewall in windows. Try to buy companies like "Outpost" and please improve your WIndows one care. (If it still exists) #5. Spywares, Keyloggers, Viruses, Trojans .. We are installing almost 2-3 tools to protect us from these.. Please invest some money to make a stable "Security Software" #6. Please make IE9 avail in cross platform. If ActiveX is the only problem.. Then do it cross platform first. #7. Respect Opensource packages. #8. Password protected directories... #9. Support MORE local languages (See any linux distro) ...