So it sounds like you didn't work in the app compat group. MS is a big beast of an organization so it's forgivable to not know everything. They do have an entire group devoted to this. That's what the whole compatibility mode is for.
Microsoft is a lot more than just Windows. Both MS and Google seem well diversified. I think MS has at least five different divisions that bring in over a billion dollars. They've done a good job of spreading out their investments so all their eggs aren't in one basket the way Apple has done with iPhone. PC sales are slowing but the notion that they would be replaced by tablets and phones just isn't coming true. People still need to get things done so the PC is here to stay and Windows10 is the most successful OS release in history so it's hard to imagine MS going the way of Palm any time soon.
That's the Cortana data which has to be opted into. I was talking only about the performance data collection which can't (for some values of can't) be opted out of.
And also, the usage and performance data is anonymous. It contains no personal data at all. I wonder how many of the people "concerned" about this refuse to carry a cell phone or use a credit card?
Also a geology noob but I thought that lava pools in the base of volcanoes were places where the mantle was poking through the crust. So in that sense we have seen the mantle. Or at any rate I didn't know its existence was in question.
If you use open source software then there is still no way (for the average user) of knowing what your computer is doing without going to extreme (for them) measures.
Garter says there'll be 7.2 million chrome books sold in 2015. That's well below Windows Phone sales numbers and if anyone claimed win phone was taking over the world they'd be locked away. Worse, 70% of those sales are in the education market where they're just used as locked down web browsers which is fine but no kid uses it in the classroom and thinks "wow, I have to ask for one of these for Xmas".
First they refused to go along with windows rt and undercut win8 every chance they could. Then they shoveled a bunch of crappy chrome books out the door. None of that helped, though they were right about winrt. So now they have nowhere to go. It's not like Apple will let them ship osx so what are they supposed to do? Ship Linux systems? Good luck with that...
Nope. They're still hitched to windows because that's what people want, especially now that Win10 is a huge hit.
Lol. Lets be generous and give you a million people that have purchased Win10 systems and downgraded them to Win7. It's not true because these are usage numbers but whatever. That's still 109 million installs in roughly two months which makes this the most successful launch of any OS in history.
Historically about 20 million per month. This is more than 50 million per month which easily makes it the most successful launch of any OS in history. It's already more popular than OSX. It was probably more popular than Linux in the first day.
I smell sour grapes. The download was pushed to people but nobody forced them to click through and do the update. This is the best Windows to date so it is better than whatever version they were running before, and it's free. So why wouldn't people happily click the upgrade button?
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People can do all kinds of cool stuff with it.
Yeah, like you'd turn your back on that much money.
To be clear, he would have sold out to Facebook too. Only an idiot wouldn't.
So it sounds like you didn't work in the app compat group. MS is a big beast of an organization so it's forgivable to not know everything. They do have an entire group devoted to this. That's what the whole compatibility mode is for.
True but Azure is catching up while still making money for them hand over fist. Being second place in a very large sector is not a sign of doom.
Microsoft is a lot more than just Windows. Both MS and Google seem well diversified. I think MS has at least five different divisions that bring in over a billion dollars. They've done a good job of spreading out their investments so all their eggs aren't in one basket the way Apple has done with iPhone. PC sales are slowing but the notion that they would be replaced by tablets and phones just isn't coming true. People still need to get things done so the PC is here to stay and Windows10 is the most successful OS release in history so it's hard to imagine MS going the way of Palm any time soon.
Some of us are history nerds.
Would setting up two factor authentication thwart that?
That's the Cortana data which has to be opted into. I was talking only about the performance data collection which can't (for some values of can't) be opted out of.
And also, the usage and performance data is anonymous. It contains no personal data at all. I wonder how many of the people "concerned" about this refuse to carry a cell phone or use a credit card?
Please... Bush may have been an idiot and very well may have been the worst president in several decades. But fascist dictator? That's a bit too far.
I wish I had mod points and that they still meant something. Been years since I've seen a comment so well placed. Huzzah to you.
You forgot to inform us that wind power will slow down the rotation of the earth if we switch to it big time.
Also a geology noob but I thought that lava pools in the base of volcanoes were places where the mantle was poking through the crust. So in that sense we have seen the mantle. Or at any rate I didn't know its existence was in question.
They spend far too much time in town bartering for supplies, crafting items, and decorating / renovating their keep.
If you use open source software then there is still no way (for the average user) of knowing what your computer is doing without going to extreme (for them) measures.
Obi-c fell 11, swift went up 4.
There's more than cannibalization going on here.
Ok, do you have a better source? How many chromebooks do you think will sell in 2015?
Garter says there'll be 7.2 million chrome books sold in 2015. That's well below Windows Phone sales numbers and if anyone claimed win phone was taking over the world they'd be locked away. Worse, 70% of those sales are in the education market where they're just used as locked down web browsers which is fine but no kid uses it in the classroom and thinks "wow, I have to ask for one of these for Xmas".
First they refused to go along with windows rt and undercut win8 every chance they could. Then they shoveled a bunch of crappy chrome books out the door. None of that helped, though they were right about winrt. So now they have nowhere to go. It's not like Apple will let them ship osx so what are they supposed to do? Ship Linux systems? Good luck with that...
Nope. They're still hitched to windows because that's what people want, especially now that Win10 is a huge hit.
Damn straight! Clean air is for suckers!
Who? Almost everyone.
Lol. Lets be generous and give you a million people that have purchased Win10 systems and downgraded them to Win7. It's not true because these are usage numbers but whatever. That's still 109 million installs in roughly two months which makes this the most successful launch of any OS in history.
Historically about 20 million per month. This is more than 50 million per month which easily makes it the most successful launch of any OS in history. It's already more popular than OSX. It was probably more popular than Linux in the first day.
I smell sour grapes.
The download was pushed to people but nobody forced them to click through and do the update. This is the best Windows to date so it is better than whatever version they were running before, and it's free. So why wouldn't people happily click the upgrade button?