You can only call the Apple experience "unified" as long as you stay within their walled garden. Microsoft is far better when it comes to open standards (DLNA vs. AirPlay) and third-party integration (People hub in Win8 / WP).
I can't remember the last time I actually used the Start menu as a "menu". Ever since Windows 7 came out, I've pinned my most frequently used programs to the taskbar, and I only ever used the Start menu as a search bar.
When I switched to Windows 8, I initially thought I might miss the Start menu, but after several months of use, I have no complaints. I mostly use the desktop mode; I can still pin stuff to the taskbar, I can search for stuff in the exact same way (hit the Start key and type to search), and I can hit the Start key to glance at live tiles (weather, stocks etc.)
Firefox's search bookmarks make it all the more easier to skip search engines and search directly on another site. I have search bookmarks set up for Wikipedia, Youtube and Amazon, which together cover most of my searching needs.
There is no lack of talent in most large companies. But often this talent is concentrated in the lower levels of the company, and the drain begins as soon as they realize that the people at the top have no clue what they're doing. A lot of this talent then moves to smaller companies, some of which eventually succeed and become large companies. Rinse and repeat. This happens all the time in the tech industry.
There is a Linux market, just not sure anyone knows it.
I'm fairly certain that game developers "know" that a Linux market exists, just that it's too small a market for them to bother. And since Wine can already run most games just fine, why would they put effort into porting it when it already works for free?
The platform itself is very much comparable to iPhone or Android, and even had some nifty features that stood out from the competition when it first came out: Live Tiles and the People hub to name two. I don't know why developers never took to the platform -- there isn't a reason they shouldn't support it, and whether WP8 will change their minds remains to be seen.
... for instance, if you're trying to locate some place in an emergency - you might be led astray by a wrong signal. That's the problem with technology - although it can do amazing things, you never know when it'll fail. (or to put it the Murphy way - it'll fail when you need it the most)
That's simply because there isn't any open source alternative that comes remotely close to Visual Studio. But look at Java or PHP - you've got open source IDEs (like Eclipse) that are as good as any commercial tool for those languages. There's no reason to shell out money when you can get something for free, or conversely, Visual Studio is still selling because it's better than any other Windows dev tool out there.
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You can only call the Apple experience "unified" as long as you stay within their walled garden. Microsoft is far better when it comes to open standards (DLNA vs. AirPlay) and third-party integration (People hub in Win8 / WP).
I can't remember the last time I actually used the Start menu as a "menu". Ever since Windows 7 came out, I've pinned my most frequently used programs to the taskbar, and I only ever used the Start menu as a search bar.
When I switched to Windows 8, I initially thought I might miss the Start menu, but after several months of use, I have no complaints. I mostly use the desktop mode; I can still pin stuff to the taskbar, I can search for stuff in the exact same way (hit the Start key and type to search), and I can hit the Start key to glance at live tiles (weather, stocks etc.)
Firefox's search bookmarks make it all the more easier to skip search engines and search directly on another site. I have search bookmarks set up for Wikipedia, Youtube and Amazon, which together cover most of my searching needs.
Isn't this the same thing people said about MySpace back then?
There is no lack of talent in most large companies. But often this talent is concentrated in the lower levels of the company, and the drain begins as soon as they realize that the people at the top have no clue what they're doing. A lot of this talent then moves to smaller companies, some of which eventually succeed and become large companies. Rinse and repeat. This happens all the time in the tech industry.
I'm fairly certain that game developers "know" that a Linux market exists, just that it's too small a market for them to bother. And since Wine can already run most games just fine, why would they put effort into porting it when it already works for free?
It still is. WP8 will run existing WP7 apps just fine.
not should, but will developers support WP8.
The platform itself is very much comparable to iPhone or Android, and even had some nifty features that stood out from the competition when it first came out: Live Tiles and the People hub to name two. I don't know why developers never took to the platform -- there isn't a reason they shouldn't support it, and whether WP8 will change their minds remains to be seen.
... for instance, if you're trying to locate some place in an emergency - you might be led astray by a wrong signal. That's the problem with technology - although it can do amazing things, you never know when it'll fail. (or to put it the Murphy way - it'll fail when you need it the most)
That's simply because there isn't any open source alternative that comes remotely close to Visual Studio. But look at Java or PHP - you've got open source IDEs (like Eclipse) that are as good as any commercial tool for those languages. There's no reason to shell out money when you can get something for free, or conversely, Visual Studio is still selling because it's better than any other Windows dev tool out there.