Is Windows 8 Microsoft's Riskiest Bet? 362
Microsoft has rolled out many new products and many revisions of old products over the past couple of decades. The releases haven't always gone well, as in the case of Windows Vista, but Redmond has managed to ride out the rough patches. However, Windows 8 is an even more dramatic revamp of one of Microsoft's top products than Vista was. At the same time, they're piling their tablet hopes onto Windows 8 as well. Does this make it Microsoft's riskiest bet ever?
"Thus the problem facing Microsoft: How to convince Windows users to rush out and buy an upgrade of a perfectly good (and relatively new, at least by Windows standards) operating system? Compounding the issue is the new Windows 8 design, with a Start screen that discards the traditional desktop interface in favor of a bunch of colorful tiles linked to applications. That revamp is supposed to make Windows 8 more touch-screen friendly, and thus optimized for tablet use; but it could turn off consumers who don’t like change, not to mention businesses that shudder at the idea of retraining their workers in new ways of doing things. ... if Surface and the other Windows 8 tablets fail to make an impact on the market, then Microsoft will have lost a major chance at seizing the new paradigm, which is centered on mobility and the cloud. Meanwhile, that same paradigm shift is drifting the center of peoples’ computing lives from desktops and laptops to smartphones and tablets—which puts Windows’ traditional center of strength at long-term risk.
It's Not A Bet... (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks again Obama! (Score:5, Funny)
Windows 8...another thing to add to the long list of Obama's failures...
Re:It's Not A Bet... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Thanks again Obama! (Score:5, Funny)
LOL of course it is... you can tell by how confused the republican is.
Re:Thanks again Obama! (Score:5, Funny)
That's because you are liberally biased. Spend five minutes watching a *real* news channel such as Fox News and you will see how Obama has destroyed this country. But of course you being a liberal, "facts" and "truth" don't come into play.
Re:It's Not A Bet... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Thanks again Obama! (Score:5, Funny)
"such as Fox News"
> WHOOSH not detected
> does not compute
> humor fail
> end program
Re:Thanks again Obama! (Score:5, Funny)
Pink Floyd said it best: "Oh, how I woooooosh you were, hear?"
Re:It's Not A Bet... (Score:5, Funny)
In the not too distant future, Ballmer is standing in front of the MS faithful. In a fit of unconstrained euphoria, he rips the mask off his face and reveals....Stephen Elop. Said the Elopster before dancing off the stage, "I just knew I could fry a bigger fish than Nokia...bwahahahahaha!!"
Re:It's Not A Bet... (Score:4, Funny)
same interface everywhere" idea is wrong?
Have you used windows 8? This isn't like your comparison. This is like having a joystick in your 767 but if you turn the lights on, or have been flying for an even multiple of 5 minutes it switches to a steering wheel.