[dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse?

Unless it finds a home in the tablet and is favored by the corporate world
who have been in the Microsoft desktop world for 25 years. 

The article seems to say that W8 will fail on the desk/laptop .  Probably.
But reasons 1, 2, 3, 4 all relate to the PC world - a world we know has
declining sales.

But what if over the next few years, people abandon their desk/laptops
because they don't need them.  They need mobility more - communications, web
browsing, the cloud, information.  So they'll be carrying tablets instead of
laptops and netbooks. 

I wouldn't count them out yet.

R


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:22 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse?

Yes, we are probably beating a dead horse. 

It seems to all the proponents of computer industry are giving Win8 a thumbs
down and they are relentless.

http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-7000012104/

My personal feeling is as soon as Microsoft can cut their bleeding and move
on with another more acceptable product the better it will be for the
company. I never thought I could ever feel sorry for Microsoft, even
slightly but I do...I can hardly stand to watch their Windows product lines
committing slow and an excruciating painful suicide in public. How very far
the great has fallen. 

OTOH, who knows, maybe if MS sticks to the product long enough or re-markets
it there just might be a turn around but it will hardly be a rapid event.

Jim 

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