Posts by davidm123 5 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Mar 2012
Actually, while we're at it, I've suddenly realized that I hate the new Windows logo too.
The old one, like the old UI, was fine. Maybe even "great".
The new one would be good for a company just starting out, and could only afford one for $5.
What is going on there in Redmond ? Is there something in the water over there ?
It's interesting that Paul Thurrott on his "Windows Super Site" is talking like it's a great thing.
It's interesting because you get to see what a fool he is. Even something this awful, and he loves it.
A lot of the other mainstream media sources too. But you look at the comments in a forum like this, and it's obvious that Windows 8 is going to either change radically before its actual release, or be a total flop.
In the weeks and months ahead, Paul Thurrott, and people like him, will have to start backpedaling, and at least acknowledge that others "aren't as ready for change" as they are. Or whatever lame excuse they can come up with acknowledge the fact that people hate it, even if they were too stupid to see that from square one.
To his credit, this "Andrew Orlowski" will always be able to take credit for simply saying the obvious truth.
"use this preview for a few weeks" ??? A few days, maybe. Maybe even 5 days, but a few weeks ?
Why ??? If Ballmer was too arrogant to understand that I would still hate it after a few days, then I certainly am not going to give that jerk much more of my time.
With Bill Gates he probably worked well. Gates provided the common sense, and Ballmer was the arrogant jerk that demanded the best. The unbearable boss that got results.
But without Gates, Ballmer is free to reveal what a total buffoon he is. There's nobody around to show him the right direction.
Look at this... last year the smart people that could bail out, they did:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/microsoft_windows_consumer_boss_goes_to_juniper/
January 2011, that was probably around the time that this mess started to come into focus, for people working there.
People learn the interface during their workday, and they come home to play on the same system that they know. If Microsoft decides to "downgraded the desktop market in general, and the corporate desktop in particular", people will start to know new systems, like Linux or Apple, during their workday.
The success of Windows in corporations, it's the root of their success at home.
I wouldn't know what the answer to your question is. What a company should do, when it has fallen behind its competitors. As Microsoft has done on the mobile platforms, against Apple and Google (Android).
But remember the new formula for Coca-Cola ? The Coca-Cola Corporation was afraid, because Pepsi was gaining market share, more and more. So, in fear, they made a serious change.
The point being, when fear is what drives a company, they often make mistakes.
In fact, I guess that I can answer your question. They should have two systems. Separate. In the mobile market, they should do their best, even if they are behind in the game. And they shouldn't risk anything on the desktop platform. This trick that they are trying use, of using their desktop dominance to catch up with their competitors on the mobile platforms, it will cost them more than it gains them.
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