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Great. So what? Just because the current product isn't good right now doesn't mean that the direction it is heading in is bad. You might not like Windows 8 that

Great. So what? Just because the current product isn't good right now doesn't mean that the direction it is heading in is bad. You might not like Windows 8 that much, and you probably shouldn't. I'd never argue that people should like it. Why should they? It's a janky feature-sparse mashup OS. I use it on desktop myself and while I appreciate the performance bump and some of the new features, I don't have any use for Metro and it took quite a few tweaks for me to be happy with the desktop experience. You're absolutely right, currently it just doesn't offer the 10X product improvement necessary to induce eager consumer behaviour change. Look, Microsoft is making an omelette. But right now all they have to sell is broken eggs. The only source of confusion here is that Microsoft's marketing department trying to convince everyone that they've got an omelette to sell. Look at it like that and there really isn't much to argue about anymore.

pgrote 13y ago
I'm responsible for supporting and developing for groups of people who currently have uncooked omelettes dripping down their chests. Microsoft may have underestimated the learning curve on the new OS for one simple reason: The benefits of learning a new method of interacting with a PC on a daily basis aren't compelling enough.
- corporalagumbo 13y ago
  Hahaha sorry to hear that man. I feel for you.
dm2 13y ago
You don't do that when you are the market leader with another company worth $140 billion breathing down your neck. That's how you lose the game and go bankrupt and are sitting out on the street wondering WTF just happened. They have a proven product, Windows, which was great because of its ease of use. People literally grew up with Windows and many people rely on its consistent user interface. Then they made it unnecessarily difficult to access the file manager, applications, and the control panel just so that they could push their new and unproven "Metro" design. That's just DUMB.

pgrote 13y ago

I'm responsible for supporting and developing for groups of people who currently have uncooked omelettes dripping down their chests. Microsoft may have underestimated the learning curve on the new OS for one simple reason: The benefits of learning a new method of interacting with a PC on a daily basis aren't compelling enough.

corporalagumbo 13y ago
Hahaha sorry to hear that man. I feel for you.

dm2 13y ago

You don't do that when you are the market leader with another company worth $140 billion breathing down your neck. That's how you lose the game and go bankrupt and are sitting out on the street wondering WTF just happened. They have a proven product, Windows, which was great because of its ease of use. People literally grew up with Windows and many people rely on its consistent user interface. Then they made it unnecessarily difficult to access the file manager, applications, and the control panel just so that they could push their new and unproven "Metro" design. That's just DUMB.