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You do realize that this is in regards to the store for Windows 8 that runs on the desktop (as well as tablets)?

by barranger 15y ago

throwaway64 15y ago
as the windows desktop store is going to be metro only, i dont see it being a roaring success
- freehunter 15y ago
  Yup, no one uses Windows. The half-a-billion Windows 7 users will all stop buying Microsoft and their 95% marketshare momentum will come to a complete halt overnight. I believe Microsoft will be bankrupt this time next year. Or do you think it's more likely that your average user (the same market that is abandoning the desktop in favor of the iPad) doesn't share your fear of a new, more friendly (to them) interface? Remember, the Internet pooh-poohed the iPad as just an oversized iPhone. That really hurt its sales.
  - chc 15y ago
    What a bizarre false dichotomy. "Either 500 million people will upgrade to Windows 8 and prefer the new interface style or nobody will use Windows anymore." Most likely scenario in my mind: Most people stay on older versions of Windows for quite some time to come, those who do use Windows 8 prefer to stick with the Windows interface they've used for the past 16 years.
    - freehunter 15y ago
      If everyone sticks to older versions of Windows, Microsoft will stop making money. It does Microsoft no good to keep people on a legacy system. Either people upgrade to Windows 8 or Microsoft goes out of business. Have you not thought "hmm, wonder why people are buying tablets in droves, while Windows sales are declining"? People _like_ the interface. The only people who don't like it are the people most notorious for hating change of any kind, and the people who they tell to hate it. It's gotta be tiring hating things that you've never used.
      - chc 15y ago
        Windows isn't even Microsoft's biggest moneymaker at the moment, much less its only one. MS didn't go out of business when Vista or ME were released, and I don't think anywhere close to 50% of users upgraded to either of those platforms. Also, people are buying iPads in droves. Other tablet sales are pretty anemic. And Metro looks nothing like the iPad, or even any of the iPad's closest competitors, so I don't know how you can conclude that "people like the interface" when people aren't using the interface.
    - MatthewPhillips 15y ago
      > Most likely scenario in my mind: Most people stay on older versions of Windows for quite some time to come Remember that Vista, a major flop, was the fastest selling version of Windows at one point. The enterprise skipped Vista but consumers did not because most consumers upgrade their OS when they upgrade their computers. > those who do use Windows 8 prefer to stick with the Windows interface they've used for the past 16 years. I assume you mean they will spend most of their time in Desktop. That's fine, but that's still a potential sale. The Metro start screen can't be avoided; the old start menu doesn't exist any more. So the "Windows Store" logo will be staring at users every time they go to launch an app (whether Metro or desktop). You can do the numbers and gather that there are going to be a lot of people at least exploring the Store at some point.

You do realize that this is in regards to the store for Windows 8 that runs on the desktop (as well as tablets)?

throwaway64 15y ago

as the windows desktop store is going to be metro only, i dont see it being a roaring success

freehunter 15y ago
Yup, no one uses Windows. The half-a-billion Windows 7 users will all stop buying Microsoft and their 95% marketshare momentum will come to a complete halt overnight. I believe Microsoft will be bankrupt this time next year. Or do you think it's more likely that your average user (the same market that is abandoning the desktop in favor of the iPad) doesn't share your fear of a new, more friendly (to them) interface? Remember, the Internet pooh-poohed the iPad as just an oversized iPhone. That really hurt its sales.
- chc 15y ago
  What a bizarre false dichotomy. "Either 500 million people will upgrade to Windows 8 and prefer the new interface style or nobody will use Windows anymore." Most likely scenario in my mind: Most people stay on older versions of Windows for quite some time to come, those who do use Windows 8 prefer to stick with the Windows interface they've used for the past 16 years.
  - freehunter 15y ago
    If everyone sticks to older versions of Windows, Microsoft will stop making money. It does Microsoft no good to keep people on a legacy system. Either people upgrade to Windows 8 or Microsoft goes out of business. Have you not thought "hmm, wonder why people are buying tablets in droves, while Windows sales are declining"? People _like_ the interface. The only people who don't like it are the people most notorious for hating change of any kind, and the people who they tell to hate it. It's gotta be tiring hating things that you've never used.
    - chc 15y ago
      Windows isn't even Microsoft's biggest moneymaker at the moment, much less its only one. MS didn't go out of business when Vista or ME were released, and I don't think anywhere close to 50% of users upgraded to either of those platforms. Also, people are buying iPads in droves. Other tablet sales are pretty anemic. And Metro looks nothing like the iPad, or even any of the iPad's closest competitors, so I don't know how you can conclude that "people like the interface" when people aren't using the interface.
  - MatthewPhillips 15y ago
    > Most likely scenario in my mind: Most people stay on older versions of Windows for quite some time to come Remember that Vista, a major flop, was the fastest selling version of Windows at one point. The enterprise skipped Vista but consumers did not because most consumers upgrade their OS when they upgrade their computers. > those who do use Windows 8 prefer to stick with the Windows interface they've used for the past 16 years. I assume you mean they will spend most of their time in Desktop. That's fine, but that's still a potential sale. The Metro start screen can't be avoided; the old start menu doesn't exist any more. So the "Windows Store" logo will be staring at users every time they go to launch an app (whether Metro or desktop). You can do the numbers and gather that there are going to be a lot of people at least exploring the Store at some point.