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On 5/10/2013 00:19, mechanic wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2013 22:05:10 +0800, xfile wrote: Fair enough, why abandon a new idea simply because some people have problems coping with it. Change happens - get over it. Because the new idea produces no tangible benefits and only idiots will accept changes for the sake of changes. So, as the MSFT designers are certainly not idiots, did it not cross your mind that there might be good reasons for the change? Of course not, you would rather just come out with these clueless remarks. No you are too frightened of change to give a new idea a fair trial. So, as the MSFT designers are certainly not idiots[...] Why? You don't see CEOs get fired for stupidity? No, you don't. Anyone wears a shiny badge must be Einstein, you would think. Also pay attention to what I said: only idiots will accept changes for the sake of changes. I didn't say MS are idiots; it's those mindless followers are idiots. Microsoft may have their good reasons for coming up another inferior product like this, i.e. because their laziness and incompetence to develop two separate products for two distinctive different market segments (consumer and business), and they also miscalculated, again, their position and thought they could force or cheat professionals to buy in their incompetence. It's your kind who can't tell the difference are idiots. Your kind also encourage and help them to come up inferior products again and again. And I bet you never worked in any serious business, because otherwise, you would have known that professionals embrace and engage to "productive" changes on a daily basis. It's also why professionals are trained to quickly identify if changes are based on a childish thought or are for any real improvements. Like Vista, Microsoft at least have the courage to admit its own failure. So get over it! It's over!! |
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On 5/10/2013 02:12, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2013 22:07:49 +0800, xfile wrote: On 5/9/2013 15:02, ...winston wrote: Hearing it from the horse's mouth might be better than interpreting what someone thought the horse said. Tami Reller (CFO-Microsoft and Windows) http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/05/06/windows-8-at-6-months-q-amp-a-with-tami-reller.aspx Julie Larsen-Green (Corporate VP, Chief Engineer Windows Client – all software and hardware) http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/05/07/julie-larson-green-at-the-wired-business-conference.aspx Julie’s May 7, 2013 Interview (Video @ Wired Business Conference 2013) http://fora.tv/2013/05/07/Windows_VP_Julie_Larson-Green_Starting_Over_with_Windows Of importance: - at this time any illusion to the return of the Start Button (the Orb) does not mean the Start Menu (***pay close attention around 17:20 in the video*** g) - Julie previously was in charge of Office (aka the person responsible for the ‘Ribbon’ approach) - any ‘fixes’ for a later *8* (as shipped) include all fixes already deployed via Windows Update (program and security) and for apps via the Windows Store. Updates for the apps via the Store include both Program (Fixes, Features, Versions) and Security Updates. Never lose sight that no matter the o/s.....mobility is the primary market focus (i.e. in MSFT case - all devices capable of currently running Windows 8 --while desktop pcs are part of the focus but less significant than in the past) All your information are exclusively from --- Microsoft? How sad!!! Maybe not so much sad as giving you (or at least thoughtful people) a chance to see what Microsoft people are thinking. Note the first line in ...winston's post: "Hearing it from the horse's mouth might be better than interpreting what someone thought the horse said." Maybe not so much sad as giving you (or at least thoughtful people) a chance to see what Microsoft people are thinking. Thanks but what they think is none of my concern particularly it's solely for their own self-interests. |
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On 5/9/13 5:34 PM, dadiOH wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: Well, I'll be... I didn't know you could have multiple taskbars. :-) Know of a good web tutorial somewhere about this? I'm sure there must be but if Google doesn't turn one up my ancient "dadiOH's Dandies" has a section in it titled "Taskbars & Toolbars" that explains it more fully. You can get it at.. http://mysite.verizon.net/xico It is an old fashioned Help file so has to be downloaded. Come to think of it, it is also available at a web site (not mine) in HTML... http://www.shareup.com/dadioh/taskbars-toolbars.html Ah Ha! Now I've got it! You've added toolbars, not additional taskbars. grin From the way you worded it, I got the impression you could add additional system type taskbars. In reality, you've added additional toolbars with "sub-toolbars" in each one, correct? I've seen the Toolbars option before in Windows, just never investigated it. But I will now, as I look for more efficient ways for me to use any computer. I just did a quick check in Win 8, and even MS has used the words interchangeably, it seems. The help file starts out about adding new toolbars, then starts calling them taskbars. Typically MS, IMO. :-( ______________ I wonder if any of the replacement utilities for Win8 to add the Start Menu and other such things add the missing features back... Yes, to some extent. I used Classic Shell http://www.classicshell.net/ As I mentioned earlier, I have Classic Shell installed on a Win 7 netbook, but not sure I want that program on my desktop installations. ______________ Is this what you are looking for? The auto-login feature? I just tried it in my Win 8 VM and it worked. Thanks but I have NP logging in automatically. What bugs me is the (in my case) unnecessary duplication of folders for each user (even if it is only one). NP? Drawing a blank here for that acronym. LOL Are you talking about the duplication of folders for each user under Documents and Settings? -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.3 Firefox 20.0 Thunderbird 17.0.5 LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 |
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On 5/10/13 6:47 AM, xfile wrote:
On 5/10/2013 03:17, ...winston wrote: "xfile" wrote in message ... On 5/9/2013 15:02, ...winston wrote: Hearing it from the horse's mouth might be better than interpreting what someone thought the horse said. Julie’s May 7, 2013 Interview (Video @ Wired Business Conference 2013) http://fora.tv/2013/05/07/Windows_VP_Julie_Larson-Green_Starting_Over_with_Windows snip tried to mix the two distinctive segments together with one half-baked product. IMO, Apple is doing a better job of integrating the distinctive market segments. They have two OS's designed, one for each segment, but are working to give the user better integration. Both OS's can be made to appear the same, using Launchpad on the desktop, and XXXXXX on the iOS device. I don't own any iOS devices, so don't know what it's called. Could be Launchpad there too! LOL But, you aren't forced into it. That, to me, is the key. snip -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.3 Firefox 20.0 Thunderbird 17.0.5 LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 |
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....winston posted this via
: "Bucky Breeder" wrote in message... 'Mr. Ed' reruns are not always accurate these days. But "history repeats itself" is a hard adage to ignore. On the other hand, if someone had a psychic horse who could channel Melinda Gates, they might get some inside trader tips if Bill Gates talks in his sleep... Unless he talks in Java, then of course, you'd need a wireless file conversion app for your X-box. My FordSync is powered by Microsoft, and even it cannot pair with a horse unless it's a Trojan Horse, and then people had better listen up to what the horse is talking about because according to the Bible, End Times will have 4 horses and these horses are not messing around. Cute. No matter the era of the past....today, most nntp people recognize a distinct scent emanating from the horse's other end. g Hopefully so. {o; -- I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and noooooo.... that is NOT a Tomahawk armed Predator drone in my pocket; but, I'm not particularly "happy" to see you either. |
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Ken Springer wrote:
On 5/9/13 5:34 PM, dadiOH wrote: Ken Springer wrote: Well, I'll be... I didn't know you could have multiple taskbars. :-) Know of a good web tutorial somewhere about this? I'm sure there must be but if Google doesn't turn one up my ancient "dadiOH's Dandies" has a section in it titled "Taskbars & Toolbars" that explains it more fully. You can get it at.. http://mysite.verizon.net/xico It is an old fashioned Help file so has to be downloaded. Come to think of it, it is also available at a web site (not mine) in HTML... http://www.shareup.com/dadioh/taskbars-toolbars.html Ah Ha! Now I've got it! You've added toolbars, not additional taskbars. grin From the way you worded it, I got the impression you could add additional system type taskbars. In reality, you've added additional toolbars with "sub-toolbars" in each one, correct? To me, a taskbar is something to which one may add toolbars. ___________ Is this what you are looking for? The auto-login feature? I just tried it in my Win 8 VM and it worked. Thanks but I have NP logging in automatically. What bugs me is the (in my case) unnecessary duplication of folders for each user (even if it is only one). NP? Drawing a blank here for that acronym. LOL NP = no problem. ______________ Are you talking about the duplication of folders for each user under Documents and Settings? Yep. -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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On 5/10/2013 23:02, Ken Springer wrote:
On 5/10/13 6:47 AM, xfile wrote: On 5/10/2013 03:17, ...winston wrote: "xfile" wrote in message ... On 5/9/2013 15:02, ...winston wrote: Hearing it from the horse's mouth might be better than interpreting what someone thought the horse said. Julie’s May 7, 2013 Interview (Video @ Wired Business Conference 2013) http://fora.tv/2013/05/07/Windows_VP_Julie_Larson-Green_Starting_Over_with_Windows snip tried to mix the two distinctive segments together with one half-baked product. IMO, Apple is doing a better job of integrating the distinctive market segments. They have two OS's designed, one for each segment, but are working to give the user better integration. Both OS's can be made to appear the same, using Launchpad on the desktop, and XXXXXX on the iOS device. I don't own any iOS devices, so don't know what it's called. Could be Launchpad there too! LOL But, you aren't forced into it. That, to me, is the key. snip On the other hand, Apple is extremely careful on moving into the business sector. They would rather be slow than screwing up. Both Android and Kindle OS are Linux based but heavily modified to meet each segment's unique needs. Google and Amazon, at least, have the common sense of knowing that if they had been lazy and simply used Linux, it would be busted. You wonder, sometimes, why an experienced adult would made a major mistake that a 5-year old knows not to. |
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On 5/10/13 6:12 PM, dadiOH wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: On 5/9/13 5:34 PM, dadiOH wrote: Ken Springer wrote: Well, I'll be... I didn't know you could have multiple taskbars. :-) Know of a good web tutorial somewhere about this? I'm sure there must be but if Google doesn't turn one up my ancient "dadiOH's Dandies" has a section in it titled "Taskbars & Toolbars" that explains it more fully. You can get it at.. http://mysite.verizon.net/xico It is an old fashioned Help file so has to be downloaded. Come to think of it, it is also available at a web site (not mine) in HTML... http://www.shareup.com/dadioh/taskbars-toolbars.html Ah Ha! Now I've got it! You've added toolbars, not additional taskbars. grin From the way you worded it, I got the impression you could add additional system type taskbars. In reality, you've added additional toolbars with "sub-toolbars" in each one, correct? To me, a taskbar is something to which one may add toolbars. Tow-may-tow, tow-mah-toh, I've no problem with that now that I see what you are doing. :-) I just tried dragging the Computer icon to a blank side of the desktop, no taskbar/toolbar. But, it sounds like if a person used your instructions for populating a folder for a taskbar in Win 8, then used the add toolbar option from the taskbar, you'd have something similar, anyway. Unfortunately, I don't have anything installed in my Win 8 VM to try it out. Your use of shortcuts is not all that different from my workaround for Libraries to get the Libraries to do what I want them to do. I thought MS did a decent job with the Help and Support files in Win 7. But it looks like they really missed the boat in Win 8. I typed in both taskbar and toolbar, got virtually nothing from Help and Support. And I see we've added the ribbon to the Explorer windows. IMO, what a total useless waste of space is the ribbon. ___________ Is this what you are looking for? The auto-login feature? I just tried it in my Win 8 VM and it worked. Thanks but I have NP logging in automatically. What bugs me is the (in my case) unnecessary duplication of folders for each user (even if it is only one). NP? Drawing a blank here for that acronym. LOL NP = no problem. Now, why didn't I think of that! LOL ______________ Are you talking about the duplication of folders for each user under Documents and Settings? Yep. I felt exactly the same way until I finally took the time to learn the security reasons behind multiple users, then it made perfect sense. That being said, I read somewhere there is a way to make any and all users access the same folders in Win 7. 3rd party, registry hack, something, I just don't remember how it was done. Maybe the same methods would work in Win 8. It's not something that interests me personally, so I didn't truly commit it to memory. You know, it just occurred to me, you might pull this off by redirecting all the appropriate files for each user to the same file location somewhere else. I redirect those documents to a different hard drive or partition as SOP so the user data is not on the system/boot partition. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.3 Firefox 20.0 Thunderbird 17.0.5 LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 |
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"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) -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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On 5/11/2013 18:12, ...winston wrote:
"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) 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! You do know that approximately 80% of MS client OS sales goes to PC OEMs (e.g. Dell, HP. Acer, etc.), right? How about do some cross-check on PC sales in recent years and months? WOW, it has been declining even faster. So where are most of "100 million copies"? Sitting at PC makers' inventory list and eating their profits. Wake up. And yes, most of those products are still there with shrinking market share and MS is less relevant for any new developments. |
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On 5/11/13 4:12 AM, ...winston wrote:
"xfile" wrote in message ... ...winston wrote.... snip 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) But that doesn't mean that: 1. People like it 2. It is/was a good idea. My observation of the majority of computer users/consumers is they are still basically ignorant about them. Take MS Word, for example. How many users of Word have it because they think/believe they "have" to have Word to be compatible with other word processor users? I don't think they know that almost every word processor these days read and write doc/docx files. Even the free ones. And you aren't limited to Windows for this! I use a Mac, and the free word processor I use (for a little while longer, anyway :-) ) can read and write Word files. And the one I'm going to look at as a replacement also reads and writes the files. I think too many users choose Windows and MS Office products because they are sheeple. Everyone else has it, everyone else says that's what they need, so that's what they buy. There's other reasons too, such as it's hard to find Mac outlets, even harder to see a Linux box, but I'm referring to the aggregate result. Lastly... Please, Winston, would you use a different program for posting to the newsgroup? Normally, I neither read nor reply to your posts because it wastes my time to wade through things trying to figure out who said what. I only read it this time because of the subject of the thread. Your use of software that does not follow the guidelines only encourages people to accept products that don't work correctly, and teaches them that poor performance is acceptable. You are a knowledgeable person. You should be teaching people to be better computer users, not poorer. Lead by example. You are better than this, IMO. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.3 Firefox 20.0 Thunderbird 17.0.5 LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 |
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xfile wrote:
On 5/11/2013 18:12, ...winston wrote: "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) 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! You do know that approximately 80% of MS client OS sales goes to PC OEMs (e.g. Dell, HP. Acer, etc.), right? How about do some cross-check on PC sales in recent years and months? WOW, it has been declining even faster. So where are most of "100 million copies"? Sitting at PC makers' inventory list and eating their profits. Wake up. And yes, most of those products are still there with shrinking market share and MS is less relevant for any new developments. As I said earlier, you're preaching to the choir. 100 million installed or sitting on OEM inventory lists is already revenue on MSFT's books. Lol...I don't need cross check anything. The PC market has been saturated for quite some time with sales not declining because of Windows but due to the increased usage of alternate devices. For years a significant population used pcs for simple tasks not available on smart devices none of which now require a pc with an installed software base. MSFT will continue to sell Windows (7, 8 and later) just like it has in the past with deprecation of older operating systems. Imo, not at the same rate to the same people. Businesses really don't get much of a choice...deploy updated hardware and software for whatever desktop user base exists and choose something else for portable mobility/on-the-go needs. The only wake-up call afaics is to recognize that its necessary to adapt or be left behind since the entire ecosystem is evolving into an entire different culture for the essential/discretionary income of the next generation (i.e. not yours, mine, or the prior business models) with increasing mobility/smart device needs/usage. -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Ken Springer wrote:
...winston wrote.... ....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) But that doesn't mean that: 1. People like it 2. It is/was a good idea. My observation of the majority of computer users/consumers is they are still basically ignorant about them. Take MS Word, for example. How many users of Word have it because they think/believe they "have" to have Word to be compatible with other word processor users? I don't think they know that almost every word processor these days read and write doc/docx files. Even the free ones. And you aren't limited to Windows for this! I use a Mac, and the free word processor I use (for a little while longer, anyway :-) ) can read and write Word files. And the one I'm going to look at as a replacement also reads and writes the files. I think too many users choose Windows and MS Office products because they are sheeple. Everyone else has it, everyone else says that's what they need, so that's what they buy. There's other reasons too, such as it's hard to find Mac outlets, even harder to see a Linux box, but I'm referring to the aggregate result. And my point regarding the Ribbon was that if the person in charge of the Ribbon (and the entire Office program) continued on the same UI path with three versions of Office (07/10/13)it's unlikely her(Julie) and MSFT's path for Windows 8 and later won't be much different than what is known today for some time. The organization is just too large to implement change in less than 2 product cycles....thus if you use or depend upon Windows (or Office) wysiwyg for quite a few years. I do think the Start button may come back but primarily as a tool for the existing and other utilities many that are present on the 'lower-left-corner' flyout menu (i.e. not for installed software or applications)....thus a Start button but not a Program Menu. Like it ? Good idea ? Who knows. What I believe is people accept what's available and for the most part adapt to what they have, and as far as Windows is concerned when then happens the built-in telemetry captured from is MSFT's primary data set for UI feedback which in effect confirms usage, objective, and direction. The MSFT controlled support community (Support personne and forum moderator but not others) isn't much different than the past...it's damage control with coached replies for known or rising issues with possibly skewed visions of becoming or branding it as a community....afaics, it just one big 'BOG' - a bunch of guys hanging out, pretty much like what nntp has become. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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On 5/12/2013 07:29, ...winston wrote:
xfile wrote: On 5/11/2013 18:12, ...winston wrote: "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) 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! You do know that approximately 80% of MS client OS sales goes to PC OEMs (e.g. Dell, HP. Acer, etc.), right? How about do some cross-check on PC sales in recent years and months? WOW, it has been declining even faster. So where are most of "100 million copies"? Sitting at PC makers' inventory list and eating their profits. Wake up. And yes, most of those products are still there with shrinking market share and MS is less relevant for any new developments. As I said earlier, you're preaching to the choir. 100 million installed or sitting on OEM inventory lists is already revenue on MSFT's books. Lol...I don't need cross check anything. The PC market has been saturated for quite some time with sales not declining because of Windows but due to the increased usage of alternate devices. For years a significant population used pcs for simple tasks not available on smart devices none of which now require a pc with an installed software base. MSFT will continue to sell Windows (7, 8 and later) just like it has in the past with deprecation of older operating systems. Imo, not at the same rate to the same people. Businesses really don't get much of a choice...deploy updated hardware and software for whatever desktop user base exists and choose something else for portable mobility/on-the-go needs. The only wake-up call afaics is to recognize that its necessary to adapt or be left behind since the entire ecosystem is evolving into an entire different culture for the essential/discretionary income of the next generation (i.e. not yours, mine, or the prior business models) with increasing mobility/smart device needs/usage. 100 million installed or sitting on OEM inventory lists is already revenue on MSFT's books. Some non-Microsoft information for you, You are right about PC market has been saturated for quite some time (actually, about 7-8 years) but it is in developed countries whilst in emerging countries (e.g. China, India, etc.) PC has just entered into the growth stage. But according to IDC (a reputable and creditable research firm), shipments of PCs fell 14% *worldwide* last quarter (1st Quarter, 2013) and it was the *worst* yearly decline since IDC began tracking the data in 1994. According to Gartner (another reputable research firm), vice president Michael Silver says Microsoft “didn’t listen to customers who were pointing out in testing. They could have had a middle ground, but chose not to…" and this is the main reason caused this sharp decline ----- *WORLDWIDE*. You must know that Microsoft relies on major PC makers for sales and revenues but Dell goes private, and HP wants to sell its PC division (no taker) so keeps it for their server division, but how long can they keep it? Acer's primary revenue now is from OEM business not PCs. 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 |
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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 |
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