"xfile" wrote in message ...

...winston wrote....
As previously noted...a Start Button does not necessarily indicate a
Win7 type Start Menu.


Whether it's Win7 type is irrelevant and it's not the point, and the
main point is that the primary mission of an operating system in *the
business sector* is to serve as a stable "platform" for applications run
on it, and within the primary mission, the UI design is to minimize, if
not totally eliminate, user confusion and learning curve so they could
quickly access to data and applications to complete their tasks.

If the primary mission is failed, everything else is just BS.

Win7 style or not, it's their job to accomplish the above mission to get
paid (by licensing).

In the consumer sector, there is no hard rules because everything can be
subjective and base on personal preferences.

Microsoft, as an OEM software development company, miscalculated and
forgot their role, again, and tried to mix the two distinctive segments
together with one half-baked product.

They are the last one qualified to tell business how and if they need to
deploy resources for any stupid changes not to mention that it's for
their own interests.

In the business sector, Microsoft is just an OEM company and they are OK
if they just follow orders to do their work.


You're preaching to the choir.
I'm just providing the information by linking to the source (i.e MSFT and those in control of what will happen)...everything else
is just hypothesis or an expectation based on a form of entitlement.

Here's another article from the source g May 10th, 2013.

The Official Microsoft Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/05/10/staying-centered.aspx

Regarding getting 'paid' - after 100 million copies (all possible channels - retail, licensing, upgrades, OEM pcs, System Builder
versions) sold
- even if just using the upgrade limited offer pricing of $40 ea. they got paid about 4 billion dollars!

Afaics....nntp forums are fine for discussing issues...but expressing an opinion here serves no purpose whatsoever to MSFT and
hasn't for at least 4 years.

Additionally, similar distress was expressed about the 'Ribbon' deployment in Office and other products (Windows Essentials and
earlier versions)
***It's still here***
.....and the person responsible for the Ribbon in Office is now the person responsible for Windows! (link/video of her comments on
Windows 8 past and future provided earlier)



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....winston
msft mvp consumer apps