Microsoft makes the most stable, easiest to use desktop OS, especially since Apple started slowing dwindling MacOS to make it into some kind of iOS varient.<p>Windows still drives me nuts, has ads, gets stuck in tablet mode when I'm on a desktop, and has driver issues from time to time, but the OS has grown to become my favorite desktop environment in the past few years, if for no other reason than that everyone else keeps screwing around and tweaking things that don't need tweaking. Linux GUIs have been getting all fancy with it, Apple thinks desktops are just for making Apple software, and yet Windows remains a great place to play games, watch movies, browse the Web. It's by far and away the fastest, most responsive desktop GUI out there. I hope it gets back to basics.
I hope this gets them to focus Windows 10 back on corporate uses, or at least giving back some reasonable aspect of control. Candy Crush ads built in to Windows Pro is just absurd. MS already lost the mobile war, so they should be focusing on where they really shine, not trying to dumb it down to straddle multiple markets at once.
'and one transition we have been planning for is for Terry Myerson to pursue his next chapter outside Microsoft. "<p>Gotta love corporate speak. Do they even realize how awful that is?
This provides a lot more detail on what's going on, instead of focusing on the (admittedly shocking) news about Myerson:<p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-and-why-microsoft-is-splitting-up-windows-in-its-latest-reorg/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-and-why-microsoft-is-...</a>
Interesting. Terry Myerson was the head of the Windows Phone division through WP 7, 8 and the early part of WP 10 and bore at least some responsibility for its (lack of) success before being promoted to head of the Windows division as a whole. The inclusion of the much derided tie-in ads in Windows required at least his tacit approval.<p>The general impression was that he was one of Satya Nadella's darlings. One wonders what finally felled him?
Linux (various OS's on that kernal) have been objectively more stable and easier to use than windows since windows 8 came out. I plugged an Ubuntu machine into my work network and could print to any printer without installing any extra drivers! Updates ONLY when I want them. Also, no bloatware or unnecessary personal assistant tied to every search feature. Microsoft should've just polished windows 7.
It's a bit disconcerting to see the apparent narrow mindedness of educated, technical people in regards to the forced windows update system. Linux's way of manual updating is better than windows, only because the only people using Linux are capable of understanding security issues and will update as soon as is is convenient.<p>The majority of the windows user base is of people who do not understand and maybe do not want to understand the security issues. Windows had the option to manually control the update process in windows 7. The HN demographic updates on time, grandma and the guy in accounting don't. They won't update until a major security issue reaches the mainstream. Even then the majority don't update simply because unlike us, they do not have the knowledge to do so.<p>Microsoft had to make a hard choice, and they made the hard choice. That hard choice is the reason 98% of wannacry infections were on windows 7 and barely 1% on windows 10.<p>If ubuntu somehow ends up replacing windows in hands of the general public, don't be surprised to see the same update system to appear in it.
If I read this correctly, Windows is no longer a top level division of Microsoft and is a part of Experiences and Devices.<p>This is huge. Few companies have reinvented themselves as many times as Microsoft has. From developer tools (BASIC) to Dos to Windows to Office and now to Cloud and Services.<p>Under Nadella, Microsoft has regained the agility for which it was famous for under Bill Gates.
Reading all these comments concludes...<p>Windows 10 - Nightmare<p>macOS - Slow & buggy.<p>Linux - No Apps & Games, Frequent changes in fancy GUIs<p>I think we've run out of options here. It's 2018 and we still don't have a solid Operating System. This is really sad.<p>I just hope fuchsia takes off really well.
I really hope they make fixing the long standing Windows usability issues a priority rather than adding even more "features" that nobody wants or uses.
This is provably good for Microsoft. I watched a couple of presentations and Myerson never came across as very savvy in presenting their technologies. Not sure about his internal doings though, but they should have always used someone else to demo and present things.
I remember last year Microsoft did some major reorgs as well. Is it typical for Microsoft size organizations to re-org so much ?<p>While re-orgs are probably good for re-organizing the workforce around a set of goals but I think for lower level managers and individual contributors these are very distracting. Constant change in leadership affects employee morale.
He's lead windows for the last 21 years. He gave us Windows 2000, ME, Vista, 8, and 10. I am not surprised his time is up.<p>Microsoft has lost the next generation of computer users to Android and iOS because of their regular release of completely botched products. The enterprise company I work for just rolled out their Mac program and we are slowly transitioning from Windows.<p>It's time for a shake up.