jaylach wrote:
I sort of hate to even bring up this can of worms but some things I read make me wonder... I don't like some of the directions Microsoft is going. Nothing that I could prove but I have to wonder if Microsoft is causing issues with Windows 7 by design trying to promote the continued move to Windows 10...
I don't like many things Microsoft do, over the years they've done nothing but infuriate me with many of their decisions (i use that word loosely)... it's almost as if they are hell bent on ruining their business model at times, i mean could you imagine what Windows would look like today if only they'd listened to their users after they moved on from Win95... of course, Microsoft doesn't work like that... they pretended they did, under Bill Gates they gave the appearance they did... the current crop of management though are hell bent on one thing only though, maximizing profits at the expense of the user... it sucks, its wrong, it'll hurt them in the long run.
It's all the more surprising when you drill... err, yawn... down into where Microsoft actually make all their money, it's surprisingly little from the Windows Operating System... you'd think that would make it less likely that ego's would be running the shop, but apparently not.
Microsoft when they first started weren't profit driven, it was all about numbers of users... that's my understanding of the OS business back in the 80's and 90's, you got the numbers and the profit followed.
We are where we are, bean counters counting the cents/pennies... it's no wonder we get what we pay for.
I don't necessarily blame Microsoft for that because the world has become a culture of everything for as little effort these days, Microsoft if they really wanted too could push back and give the consumer what they want but it'll never happen because there are too many people in that organisation wanting fat cheques for no effort.
I won't hold my breath and i won't be silent.