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Posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @08:04AM from the netcraft-confirms dept.

plastick writes "You can think Windows 8 will evolve into something better, but the numbers show that Windows is coming to a dead end. ZDNet is known to take the side of Microsoft in the past. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols explains: 'The very day the debate came to an end, this headline appeared: IDC: Global PC shipments plunge in worst drop in a generation. Sure, a lot of that was due to the growth of tablets and smartphones and the rise of the cloud, but Windows 8 gets to take a lot of the blame too. After all, the debate wasn't whether or not Windows 8 was any good. It's not. The debate was over whether it could be saved.'"

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But does Netcraft confirm it? (Score:5, Funny)

by Gothmolly ( 148874 ) writes: on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @08:05AM (#43459861)

I haven't counted Usenet posts lately, so can anyone check with Netcraft?

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Re:But does Netcraft confirm it? (Score:4, Funny)

by rvw ( 755107 ) writes: on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @08:07AM (#43459865)

I haven't counted Usenet posts lately, so can anyone check with Netcraft?
You would have to ask Gartner. They probably can look it up in their excel sheet.

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Re:Windows has been "over" for me for years (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @08:54AM (#43460251)

That's amazing. Do you have any more personal stories to tell?
No, but I do: you're an asshole.

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Re:Whats the alternative? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @09:02AM (#43460353)

You can at least admire their consistency.

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Re:Whats the alternative? (Score:5, Funny)

by maroberts ( 15852 ) writes: on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @09:15AM (#43460487) Homepage Journal

If you run the Metro version, will you be a metro.exe-ual?
I'll get my coat

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Re:Whats the alternative? (Score:4, Funny)

by ButtonMashingGorilla ( 2880531 ) writes: on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @09:56AM (#43461047)

You have free beer for us? That's awfully generous of you!

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Re:Whats the alternative? (Score:5, Funny)

by dkf ( 304284 ) writes: <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @10:27AM (#43461403) Homepage

Ballmer has vision too! Tunnel vision...

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Re:Whats the alternative? (Score:5, Funny)

by tehcyder ( 746570 ) writes: on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @11:05AM (#43461943) Journal

You have free beer for us? That's awfully generous of you!
Free beer yesterday or tomorrow, no free beer today.

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