[AccessD] Whilst on Windows 8

Yep, it seems farily clear to me that MS are pursuing  the "social media" market and hoping 
that their captive business market will put up with the inconvenience.

I doubt that it will end well for them


On 12 Jun 2012 at 0:19, Darryl Collins wrote:

> 
> "People, not files, are the center of activity.  There has been a
> marked change in the kinds of activities people spend time doing on
> the PC. In balance to "traditional" PC activities such as writing and
> creating, people are increasingly reading and socializing, keeping up
> with people and their pictures and their thoughts, and communicating
> with them in short, frequent bursts. Life online is moving faster and
> faster, and people are progressively using their PCs to keep up with
> and participate in that. And much of this activity and excitement is
> happening inside the web browser, in experiences built using HTML and
> other web technologies." 
> 
> Let me <<the author, not Darryl>> translate that for you: "We're
> optimizing Windows for using Facebook and YouTube at the expense of
> performing productivity tasks." 
> 
> Yeah, that maybe great for web surfing and Joe and Joette Bogan on the
> daily train commute, but if you actually want to do the sort of
> productive work that we (and most of the corporate world does) then I
> think MS are out of their heads.  They seem to be so desperate and
> focussed on getting a foothold in Mobile (and tablet) that they are
> risking killing the golden goose (namely the whole corporate
> productivity 'Office' market). 
> 
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