xfile wrote:

So who is going to generate revenues for Microsoft if its major partners
go under? System builders selling 2-3 units a day?

I wouldn't be so happy if I were you, but I am not you. Who cares if
the entire PC industry is done and if other makers are making money, as
long as MS is making money, right? Good thinking

There is always a choice, and the question has always been that when the
choice would be made. Continuing to buy MS products is a rational
decision to maintain the current operational infrastructure, and there
is no reason to replace otherwise perfectly working infrastructure which
is the opposite of MS mentality (let's break things down).

The problem is that Microsoft is now been perceived as a selfish,
out-of-touch, and unreliable business partner, so for new
infrastructures, people are looking for anything but from Microsoft.

You think Microsoft doesn't know that or else why would they quickly
determine to come up 8.1?

Seriously, wake up




Lol...this isn't really about the status of the pc market.
What it is about is the inability to recognize that while others may be
reading your replies in this forum (and who knows where else) that no
one here (or elsewhere) has any ability to effect change on what you
believe should happen....afaics that is the 'wake up' needing
realization (by everyone...you, others, and even I)

No reason to replace perfectly working infrastructure ? Well that ~40%
of XP infrastructure that remains has two choices (less than a year when
XP's entire product and support life cycle ends) if continuing with
Windows. MSFT is perfectly comfortable with either choice - Windows 7 or
Windows 8 (which means more Windows licenses and hardware will continue
to be sold - The OEM's know and for the most part also welcome that...no
further need for them to maintain an infrastructure in-house/outsourced
to support XP)

As far as 8.1 MSFT inferred prior to Win8 GA that updates for Win8 (and
obviously later o/s) would happen more often than previous o/s SP's with
the first blushes of that plan already occuring twice - the 170 MB Win8
RTM update prior to GA and more recently the deployment of combo updates
(bundled product and security) for Win8 apps via the Windows Store and
not through Windows Update.

Cf. MSFT Oct 2012
qp
During the final months of Windows 8 we challenged ourselves to create
the tools and processes to be able to deliver these 'post-RTM' updates
sooner than a service pack," Sinofsky wrote. "By developing better test
automation and test coverage tools ... Windows 8 will be totally up to
date for all customers starting at General Availability."
/qp

Once again...read between the lines...Windows as previously known (the
o/s, how and when updates are deployed will never be the same as in the
past)...in the long run everyone using any device (pc, smart, mobile,
etc.) will adapt too (or be left behind)though do feel free to continue
to rant....since for all practical purposes save a few occasional
helpful usenet threads the entertainment value is much better than
reality TV and Fox news.


--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps