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Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot?
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 Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot?Interesting differences in the new Windows platforms noted here.
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot? Answer: yes. Microsoft IS shooting themselves in the foot with Windows 8.
I did get a laugh out of this line:
Yeah, to use another line from earlier in that article...
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:31 pm |
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot? Does Microsoft have any more feet to stoot themself?
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:34 pm |
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot?
Since they haven't gone bankrupt yet... my guess would be... yes, yes they do. _________________ Slow, lazy, but still around: Call me if ya need help http://zerias.blogspot.com http://www.mepisguides.com Biting the Bullet: Help Want to buy Mepis Based Computer? Ask me! http://bit.ly/fbs47I |
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:35 pm |
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot? i'm surprised they have any toes left... they've been messing up pretty much since MS missed the internet boat, and they haven't really fully recovered since.
yeah, they have the xbox but it hasn't come close to killing the ps3. they've put a different shade of lipstick on that office pig and it's still ms office... the only real thing that they've done is come out with win7. it's a large generalization, i know. they still have a ton of corporate sales, but that side of the house isn't killing off linux/unix either. the addage, no ever got fired for buying microsoft holds true and it's because of this incredible corporate inertia that they're still doing as well as they are. otherwise, they'd be in the same place IBM was back in the early 90s |
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:39 pm |
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot? Yes, these differences could mean a lot to Windows users. I've heard some Windows users complaining about Unity and Gnome 3...but they don't know what Metro is
 Besides, will Windows users be happy without the ability to download software from virtually any site?  The app store works well for Apple and the repos work well for Linux, but Windows has created a different model of downloading and installing over 20 years. I'm not sure people will be willing to give that away so easily. |
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:49 pm |
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot?
Much ado about nothing. W8 on a desktop will operate like a normal desktop, while W8 on a tablet will operate like, well, a tablet. He's basically saying that M$ should have given them different names. Whatever. It's the usual claptrap that's generated to fill space. _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:05 pm |
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Post # 296389
Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot? honestly, as hard as it would be for users microsoft should bite the bullet and end x86 backwards compatibility support. it's an anchor that prevents real innovation. have to hand it to apple - they got their end-users used to the idea that some OS updates would not be backward compatible.
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:33 pm |
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot?
And in the 80s you couldn't get fired for buying IBM. _________________ AMD E-450 64-bit APU, AMD M1 chipset, AMD Radeon 6320 video, 6GB RAM The question is half the size of the universe, and the answer takes up the other half. Green Comet |
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:37 pm |
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Re: Is Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot?
em. No it won't. Windows 8 on the desktop operates like a tablet trying to masquerade as a desktop. Seriously, download the Win 8 dev preview. It's ATROCIOUSLY bad. _________________ Slow, lazy, but still around: Call me if ya need help http://zerias.blogspot.com http://www.mepisguides.com Biting the Bullet: Help Want to buy Mepis Based Computer? Ask me! http://bit.ly/fbs47I |
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