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Clayton
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Apparently having Windows 8 and Xbox One tank is a good way to lose consumer confidence but I guess they are taking it out on Nokia. Any of you tech guys know what Microsoft is thinking lately?
Yeah, I guess you can't really tax corporations these days. Large corporations can use slim margins to get by with tech and consumers get the windfall...and likely the tax bill at some point. I keep hearing about budget shortfalls due to low receipts because retail isnt getting taxed. It all comes around eventually. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the great value of the internet (complete with no Adblock)Microsoft pays more in taxes than Apple's entire market capitalization.
I live in MicroSofts back yard and I work on their products every day.
All I can say is fuck MS.
Hate that company. Hate everything about them. Pretty sure every original idea they have had since their DOS days was terrible and everything they copy is less than that which they copied. They buy out smaller companies to take their ideas and then ruin those concepts, or at least water them down.
Compete against them? They just buy you out and kill your product.
I wish the whole company would go bankrupt.
Now that is a bit harsh IMO. They have had a lot of bad or let's say poor products and ideas, but the have hit on a few, I think Windows 7 is a winner. Also looking at their competitors , I don't see a one that is any better, Google (need I say more), Apple IMO is on a down hill slide, Linux isn't in the same zip code.
Every thing MS has done is being repeated by their competitors .
Windows 7 is a winner. Especially as a stable OS that businesses running XP can upgrade to for it's desktops and do the job. I'm currently working a project that's upgrading a major hospital network from XP to 7 for all it's desktop and laptop systems. They have to for security reasons. The upgrade is going fairly smoothly and no application issues so far.
Windows 7 is a winner. Especially as a stable OS that businesses running XP can upgrade to for it's desktops and do the job. I'm currently working a project that's upgrading a major hospital network from XP to 7 for all it's desktop and laptop systems. They have to for security reasons. The upgrade is going fairly smoothly and no application issues so far.
Problem is windows 7 wasn't really original and neither was windows in general. Someone else creates something and they attempt to 'do it better', but mostly fail. Highly profitable company because they won the war early on and now everyone is more or less stuck with them.Now that is a bit harsh IMO. They have had a lot of bad or let's say poor products and ideas, but the have hit on a few, I think Windows 7 is a winner. Also looking at their competitors , I don't see a one that is any better, Google (need I say more), Apple IMO is on a down hill slide, Linux isn't in the same zip code.
Every thing MS has done is being repeated by their competitors .
The windows 8 platform is another example of a horrible roll out of a new line. Like Vista and ME before it, they attempted to push out a new concept and failed to give us a well thought out and fully vetted product.If it was really for security reasons they would have went to Windows 8.1 which is more secure than 7. They're doing it only because XP isn't supported or they wouldn't do it all. And save the trash talk about Windows 8.1 for another thread. It isn't that much different from Windows 7 especially now that the desktop is the first screen seen by the user. The modern interface is still there and it really acts like a super huge start button once you get over its garish looks and fear of the unknown.