I believe they've come to realize they've gone too far this time. Simply forcing people to buy a new PC simply to kick up Microsoft's quarterly sales numbers has enraged customers, many of whom refuse to throw out their perfectly good hardware. Many are installing Linux Mint on their machines instead.
Despite newer security measures mandated in Windows 11 computers keep getting pwned by cyber-criminals and miscreants alike revealing the measure for what it really is: purely a ploy to squeeze more money out of customers' pockets.
> I see a future where it does roll into azure and become a hosted only “feature”
It seems that way. And most people would probably follow along, not knowing any alternatives. But I like the idea of "local first", no online account required.
Windows may have looked like something to squeeze until the last drop, but customers are clearly voting with their feet. And Microsoft knows it. Plus the realization that if Windows falls, Microsoft falls has been haunting them lately.
I mean, Windows has effectively four different UIs in it, al from different eras, from Win95, to Vista to Windows Mobile to Windows 11. Any "normal" company would've been lambasted for it, but Microsoft knows it can get away with it.
If improving Windows' image doesn't work I bet they'll resort to underhanded tricks to trip up their competitors. I mean it's in the DNA of the company. From Bill Gates' sale of PC-DOS, to the backstabbing of IBM with Windows to the blocking of Corel Linux from taking hold on the desktop. I'm betting they'll use a proxy company to buy-out Linux Mint or its main developer, Clément Lefèbvre ("Here's $100 million, now take a walk.").
Azure's a massive pothole, the biggest waste of time and money, there's five options available.
1 - it's in preview or private preview and sits there for years.
2 - half the platform is poorly stitched together and one blip away from weeks or months of failure.
3 - Management don't care or have any understanding, if you can get the right information to the outsourced support they still won't have any idea (sorry its out of our scope).
4 - ai will fix it.
5 - pay us more money for nothing, we will pull the rug from under your feet soon.
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[ 0.20 ms ] story [ 8.5 ms ] threadOh, right.
Despite newer security measures mandated in Windows 11 computers keep getting pwned by cyber-criminals and miscreants alike revealing the measure for what it really is: purely a ploy to squeeze more money out of customers' pockets.
I see a future where it does roll into azure and become a hosted only “feature”
It seems that way. And most people would probably follow along, not knowing any alternatives. But I like the idea of "local first", no online account required.
I mean, Windows has effectively four different UIs in it, al from different eras, from Win95, to Vista to Windows Mobile to Windows 11. Any "normal" company would've been lambasted for it, but Microsoft knows it can get away with it.
If improving Windows' image doesn't work I bet they'll resort to underhanded tricks to trip up their competitors. I mean it's in the DNA of the company. From Bill Gates' sale of PC-DOS, to the backstabbing of IBM with Windows to the blocking of Corel Linux from taking hold on the desktop. I'm betting they'll use a proxy company to buy-out Linux Mint or its main developer, Clément Lefèbvre ("Here's $100 million, now take a walk.").
1 - it's in preview or private preview and sits there for years.
2 - half the platform is poorly stitched together and one blip away from weeks or months of failure.
3 - Management don't care or have any understanding, if you can get the right information to the outsourced support they still won't have any idea (sorry its out of our scope).
4 - ai will fix it.
5 - pay us more money for nothing, we will pull the rug from under your feet soon.
I am amazed they are still in business.