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Microsoft's "New Coke" Moment?
theodp writes "Remember New Coke? Twenty-eight years ago, Coca-Cola replaced the secret formula of its flagship brand, only to announce the return of the "classic" formula just 79 days later. Had it launched in 2013, Coke's Jay Moye suspects a social media backlash would have prompted it to reverse itself even sooner. In a timely follow-up, ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols points out that Microsoft is facing its own New Coke moment with Windows 8. 'Does Ballmer have the guts to admit he made a mistake and give users what they clearly want?' Vaughan-Nichols asks. 'While it's too late for Windows 8, Blue might give us back our Start button and an Aero-like interface. We don't know.'"
Indeed. Slashdot users are known for their amazing liking of walled garden software systems, hyper-controlled OS environments, and overpriced crap. Don't even get me started on their customers. It's amazing those butt-scratching apes can find their way to the Apple store or operate a motor vehicle. I cannot believe people would still pay an absurd 2-3x price premium for a system that is 6th in laptop quality, can catch viruses quite often, can run practically no software from a percentage standpoint, is a complete joke at video editing with no CUDA, and releases a paid update that breaks everything one a year. Windows is like Linux by comparison. It's that bad!