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Even if Microsoft has pursued the Alternating Suckiness Strategy in the past, it's questionable that they can continue doing so. The other operating systems, A
by archgoon 15y ago
Even if Microsoft has pursued the Alternating Suckiness Strategy in the past, it's questionable that they can continue doing so.
The other operating systems, Android, iOS, Mac, Linux, are increasingly becoming viable alternatives for a great many people, simply because the OS has become increasingly irrelevant to the question of "Can I run this program/ open this file".
Microsoft cannot afford to give people another reason not to stick with their platform.
- Karunamon 15y ago>Microsoft cannot afford to give people another reason not to stick with their platform. Microsoft isn't going anywhere - they have the business segment locked down tight. The reasons for which are out of the scope of this discussion- but there are still companies out there writing ActiveX apps for IE6. Them upgrading to 8 is irrelevant because they're still on XP fer chrissakes. I can see them taking the RIM tack if they continue down this road (namely making every other release distasteful for one reason or another and pissing more people off) - disregard the wants of consumers and sell a primarily business-focused product which consumers can also use, if they wish.