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Why did Microsoft do it?

Started 5 months ago | Discussion thread

shuttershockwave

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Re: Why did Microsoft do it?

In reply to kcbeatty, 5 months ago

I just don't under stand why they decided to force the UI on the desktop users and are so stubborn about it. It would take very little effort for them to include a classic option and it would eliminate a lot of critisim they have been getting but instead they are forcing it on you.

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Why did Microsoft do it?	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Simple!	Zone8	5 months ago
Fear	malch	5 months ago	1
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	skyglider	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	VirtualMirage	5 months ago	1
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	Sean Nelson	5 months ago
Wow that's a lot of hate	bhD7000	5 months ago	1
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	tocar	5 months ago
Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	Simon Garrett	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	malch	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	dradam	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	Archer66	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	jamesdak	5 months ago
you can buy limited success I guess	tko	5 months ago
Re: you can buy limited success I guess	Archer66	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more - Baloney	bhD7000	5 months ago	1
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more - Baloney	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	RedFox88	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	Don_Campbell	5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more	RedFox88	5 months ago	1
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	offroadcmpr	5 months ago
Why do you care ?	sjgcit	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	shuttershockwave	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	Russell Evans	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	migibson99	5 months ago	1
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	Russell Evans	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	jamesdak	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	migibson99	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	Russell Evans	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	migibson99	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	QuicksilverCA	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	harrygilbert	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	bhD7000	5 months ago
Microsoft is still top dog by a long shot, don't be mislead.	Richard	5 months ago	3
Re: Microsoft is still top dog by a long shot, don't be mislead.	kcbeatty	5 months ago
I wasn't	Richard	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	malch	5 months ago
Another trend	Richard	5 months ago
Re: Another trend	malch	5 months ago
Re: Another trend	Richard	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	malch	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	Sean Nelson	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	harrygilbert	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	bhD7000	5 months ago
Re: the scary thing	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	malch	5 months ago
How about this.	Richard	5 months ago
Re: How about this.	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: How about this.	malch	5 months ago
Repeating lie does not make it true	CAcreeks	5 months ago
It is not a lie	Richard	5 months ago
Re: It is a lie	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: It is a lie	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: It is a lie	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: It is a lie	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	malch	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	malch	5 months ago
Tech is where it is at.	Richard	5 months ago
Re: Tech is where it is at.	malch	5 months ago
Re: Tech is where it is at.	Sean Nelson	5 months ago
Re: Tech is where it is at.	malch	5 months ago
Ha too true	Richard	5 months ago
Re: I wasn't	bhD7000	5 months ago
Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	plantdoc	5 months ago	1
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	QuicksilverCA	5 months ago	1
Not bogus, still under 10 percent sinde 1967	Richard	5 months ago
Bogus statistics	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: Bogus statistics	Richard	5 months ago	1
Re: Not bogus, still under 10 percent sinde 1967	skyglider	5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Oh, that citing did not work out, lets go to another that agrees with your opinion.	Richard	5 months ago
Re: Oh, that citing did not work out, lets go to another that agrees with your opinion.	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Global statistics	ljfinger	5 months ago
Re: Global statistics - off net?	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: Global statistics - off net?	ljfinger	5 months ago	1
Nope...	Richard	5 months ago	2
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	coffeeaddiction2012	5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share	Barry Fitzgerald	5 months ago
Apple always inflates their numbers	Scott Eaton	5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers	ljfinger	5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers	malch	5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers	ljfinger	5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers	hjulenissen	5 months ago
Pad too limited.	Richard	5 months ago	1
Re: Pad too limited.	hjulenissen	5 months ago
Apple dominates portables not towers	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	Todd Ka	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago	1
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	migibson99	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago
Do you prefer Vista/7 UI to 98/XP?	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: Do you prefer Vista/7 UI to 98/XP?	VirtualMirage	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: why Vista flopped	dmartin92	5 months ago	1
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago	1
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago
yesterday's ballgame	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	Sean Nelson	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago	1
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago	1
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	dmartin92	5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	VirtualMirage	5 months ago	1
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction	Todd Ka	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	kelpdiver	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	Don_Campbell	5 months ago	2
Don_Campbell: Why? And Skype	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone	Jim Cockfield	5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone	CAcreeks	5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone	kcbeatty	5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone	Don_Campbell	5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone	Jim Cockfield	5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone	Don_Campbell	5 months ago
32 bit Fedora 16 download link...	Jim Cockfield	5 months ago
pavucontrol for Fedora...	Jim Cockfield	5 months ago
BTW, Kororaa is a great Fedora remix..	Jim Cockfield	5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?	kcbeatty	5 months ago

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