>>>Speaking of programming messes.. it would be hard to top this one!
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>>>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100713593
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>>I was just wondering, even with the benefit of hindsight, what MS should have done after W7 ?
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>>(a) Ignored the huge surge to tablet/ touch devices and stuck to desktop/laptop based OS.
>>(b) Written a separate OS for the phone/tablet market.
>>(c) Develop an OS capable of a similar look and feel across all platforms.
>>(d) ?
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>>Seems to me that (c), which is what they attempted, would be the best option.
>>FWIW nearly all W8 complaints I have seen/heard come from existing MS OS desktop users. Most people I know who have bought a W8 phone or tablet seem to like or even prefer the interface if they have previously had Android devices.....
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>>My guess is that MS will just make it easier to work with W8 in the classic mode.....
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>Seemed to me an obvious feature (maybe it's there - know nothing of Windows 8 just as I have never tasted New Coke ) would to sense if it was running on a touch-screen and launching classic if not and Windows Touchy if so. For my money for a mouse, keyboard setup "metro" ( which I really think is ugly ) is just annoying.
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>Oh, and they should find out who authorized that god-awful TV add with the clapping of the keybaord/touchpad/kickstand thing on their tablet and have them killed.

Not being a TV watcher I've no idea if that ad appeared over here. But MS, generally, seems to be crap at marketing....

On one of my original points : Have you heard anyone except existing MS desktop users complain about W8 ?
Seems to me there is a large element of the 'don't like it because it is different' syndrome....