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"short-sighted consumers" You lost me here. If Msofts strategic trajectory needs to be explained to consumers to justify Windows 8's existence, they fucked up
by andrewfelix 13y ago
"short-sighted consumers"
You lost me here.
If Msofts strategic trajectory needs to be explained to consumers to justify Windows 8's existence, they fucked up.
Windows 8 should have been a pleasure to use straight out of the box.
- corporalagumbo 13y agoYou misunderstand me. I don't think Microsoft does everything right. They seem to rush, and they seem to be loathe to admit that their products are anything less than amazing. Generally, their strategy seems to be "leap in with both feet then work out what to do." They're not Apple - Apple is probably crafting their next-gen interface right now and may well release it in a consummately polished single stroke at exactly the opportune moment. Maybe. But I know momentum when I see it and Microsoft is building it. Like I said, I expect the Windows 8+ ecosystem to continually improve and become more and more of a pleasure "straight out of the box." I'm not saying it's great right now or that ultimately Microsoft's gamble will work out, but I am optimistic.
- greedo 13y agoMomentum? Seriously? MS may be pushing internally to develop and expand Win8, Blue or whatever maybe become of it. But it is DOA.
- astrodust 13y agoI think you've got it backwards. Apple "rushes" things, they push hard on an aggressive schedule. They make mistakes, but they correct them more quickly because they iterate faster. Remember Apple releases new versions of iOS annually and OS X is on an 18-24 month release cycle as well. Microsoft tends to release a new version of Windows every three to five years, and omitting the duds that nobody wants (e.g. Vista, Windows ME) the cycle is even longer. What Microsoft rushes is not their development cycle, but their design process. Where Apple would try 100 things and throw out 99 of them, Microsoft in comparison would try 10 and throw out 8. They are getting better, but this Windows 8 serves as an example of how they're prisoner to compromises.
- corporalagumbo 13y agoWell, you might be right about the prisoner to compromises thing. I'd like to know what a bolder Microsoft would do in your opinion. Anyway, the key point is, as you say, they are (or seem to be) getting better. That is why I am optimistic.
- michaelwww 13y ago> short-sighted consumers This should be a law of failed software. You know a product has completely failed when something like this is said. Blaming the users is the last refuge of failed software developers.
- corporalagumbo 13y agoI think you're missing the point here.
- michaelwww 13y agoOn the contrary, I think you are.
- corporalagumbo 13y agoOn the contrary. If I had argued that consumers should like Windows 8, then your critique would be valid. However I never once claimed that consumers should like it. In fact, in multiple posts I've happily agreed that consumers mostly shouldn't, as it simply does not offer compelling benefits over 7 or other competing OSes. What I am arguing instead (which you seem to have missed) is that consumer distaste for Windows 8 is an incredibly poor measure for the long-term rationality of Microsoft's business and product strategy. Because consumers are short-sighted and only care about whether a product is good today, not whether it is a transitional release laying the foundation to a competitive 201X ecosystem blah blah blah.
- tixocloud 13y agoDefinitely agreed. One can continue to blame the market and the consumers for all their flaws but ultimately, they are the ones to decide if businesses will be rewarded with purchases.