On 12/4/13, 9:53 PM, in article l7p0ru$dgr$2...@dont-email.me, "RedBlade7" <penac...@yomomma.hot> wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:13:10 -0700, Snit wrote: > >> On 12/4/13, 6:53 PM, in article l7omao$vdm$2...@dont-email.me, "RedBlade7" >> <penac...@yomomma.hot> wrote: >> >>>> the Metro UI is so weird it is a nightmare to support, and it overall >>>> bombs for desktop use. It was designed for tablets and phones, but my >>>> problem is that if they wanted a tablet or phone interface they could >>>> have put it on one of those devices and spared the desktop market of >>>> the dumbed-down GUI by making a different version with a different >>>> GUI. Also, try to visualize how horrible some of these common desktop >>>> applications would look if Metroified- >>> >>> M$ should have shifted their focus to the M$-dependent business sector >>> (e.g. health care). >>> Instead M$ went after the "Windows 9x Kids" who, after growing up, >>> managed to escape their wrath by using Mac and Linux (including >>> embedded versions and Android) and have no reason to return to the >>> Illegal Operations, Security Updates, and Service Packs of their >>> childhood. >>> >>> M$ will never "win" unless they shift their focus to the business >>> sector, >>> which M$ continually frustrates as they continue wasting time/money on >>> the home user. >> >> Windows 8 seems like a pathetic and desperate attempt to connect the >> desktop experience with the tablet... hoping to get sort of the reverse >> "halo effect" Apple got with iPods and the like helping Mac sales. >> >> If Windows 8 was not so horrible it might have even worked. > > Nope, the mobile demographic are the people who grew up with 9x/ME as > kids, there's no convincing them to go back to Microsoft's tarnished > image when their Apple product has been working just fine. Apple products are better in many areas but Windows still has many software classes where OS X does not or has only lackluster offerings. And to get a Mac people pay, on average, more than 2x what they pay for a Windows machine - so they are clearly not for everyone. What I would love to see is the open source ecosystem grow to the point where *it* can take over when MS makes mistakes like Windows 8 and Vista and ME. Sure, I would be happy to see Apple get some benefit from these times as well, but given the price of Linux - free - it would be great to see it be able to grab a much bigger piece of the pie. -- > As for Stallman, he is a repulsive person by any standard of decency. ... standard of decency or hygiene. -- Lusotec _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
