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Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista
New submitter NettiWelho writes with even more bad news for Microsoft. From the article: "Windows 8 uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point after its release. Windows 8 online usage share is around 1.6% of all Windows PCs, which is less than the 2.2% share that Windows Vista commanded at the same two-month mark after release. Net Applications monitors operating system usage by recording OS version for around 40,000 sites it monitors for clients. The slowdown for Windows 8 adoption is a bad sign for Microsoft, who experienced great success with the release of Windows 7. Data was measured up to the 22nd of December, so there is still time by the end of the month for Windows 8 to claim a higher percentage of the user base."
Can I just point out that you require an Apple ID to use a Mac or iDevice, and a Google Account to use Android.
DX11.1 will get more support and only on Windows 8 - a must have to enjoy the eyecandy that you see on blogs, websites and trade publications :) As for Windows 7, who knows what you get beyond security fixes..
Win7 is quite secure is great for "now" but long term MS will be working on Windows 8 security and beyond.
I think MS is basically pushing Windows 8 as the main area that they will be working on in any real way.
Games might have a lot of music, art done on for them via OS X and be played via servers running Linux - but the amazing eyecandy still belongs to MS.
MS supports its developers well in some areas and been better than OpenGL at any version seems to be something MS has worked on.
Only MS seems able to push hardware and software generation after generation giving performance and new coding options.
Apple never really kept up with hardware or OpenGL code in the past. Linux never really had the game code or hardware gpu side.
Apple seems to be making amazing work with new versions of OpenGL support and its internal code support at an OS level- but the Mac 'pro' hardware is still lacking for games- lets see what early-mid 2013 brings.
Linux seems to be stuck for hardware support- lets hope Steams efforts help. Until then you have MS to give you the option for creative developers to think way beyond console ports if they want.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Define "top rate" please.
Microsoft has consistently delivered Operating Systems that kick the shit out of the God-awful mess that is GNU/Linux. Without Microsoft we'd either have had to bow down to Steve Jobs or become an asshole like you.
Somehow, I think you've discounted all those unethical business practices.
Coming from you, that's rich!
Billg stepped down as CEO days before MSFT started to tank. The writing was on the wall long before that, and Billg created the conditions for one of the greatest losses of shareholder equity in corporate history. Billg stayed on as "chief software architect" until 2006, by which time his complete incompetence in that role was more than apparent to all. I am very pleased with what Billg did to Microsoft, I just wish he had stayed longer and done it more. Ballmer hardly holds a candle to the level of wanton value destruction that Billg managed.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.