When I read this, I was first thinking that "Apples, all over again."
Then I started to see it the Microsoft way.
Have form over function.
After all, that is how Microsoft software works.
It has the form, but it doesn't function very well.
With more and more people choosing an operating system and software that works, and isn't Microsoft they need to do something. Especially since they were of the opinion the one laptop per child project using Linux would not work. The number of orders has put that comment from Microsoft in a definate downward spiral.
With this, the computer will have some use, perhaps as a footstool instead of a useful machine. As long as it has a version of Windows on it.
For power users, the people who really use cycles, function over looks is what they want. It's the way it will always be. Unfortunately, that market is going away from Microsoft, so they need to change minds of people, especially the gaming market, who Microsoft indicates are the ones who make computers advance.
If their systems cannot keep up with the advances, why not make things so that they don't have to advance as long as they look good?
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When I read this, I was first thinking that "Apples, all over again."
Then I started to see it the Microsoft way.
Have form over function.
After all, that is how Microsoft software works.
It has the form, but it doesn't function very well.
With more and more people choosing an operating system and software that works, and isn't Microsoft they need to do something. Especially since they were of the opinion the one laptop per child project using Linux would not work. The number of orders has put that comment from Microsoft in a definate downward spiral.
With this, the computer will have some use, perhaps as a footstool instead of a useful machine. As long as it has a version of Windows on it.
For power users, the people who really use cycles, function over looks is what they want. It's the way it will always be. Unfortunately, that market is going away from Microsoft, so they need to change minds of people, especially the gaming market, who Microsoft indicates are the ones who make computers advance.
If their systems cannot keep up with the advances, why not make things so that they don't have to advance as long as they look good?
Just my opinion on what Microsoft wants.