[ale] Forbes trashes Micro$soft

[Jay Lozier]

On 01/03/2013 07:15 PM, Bob Toxen wrote:
> Forbes Magazine article calls Micro$oft:
>
>    "A failing giant that only survives by charging prices that 'bleed
>    customers dry'"
>
>
>    http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-called-failing-giant-only-survives-charging-prices-151012820.html
Running down the original article

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2013/01/02/microsoft-is-fast-turning-into-a-sideshow/ 


he references a very scathing You-Tube video about Windows 8 by Brian 
Boyko (its about 24 minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYet-qf1jo

The video's main theme is that M$ broke the 4 basic rules for a good UI 
design without any valid reason. This gives a very poor user overall 
experience because it frustrates users. He actually stated that as UI a 
command line was superior because it obeys 2 of the rules.

Back to the article, apparently M$ has many serious internal problems 
and once people start migrating away from M$ they could be in very 
serious financial trouble. Apparently many of their products try to 
force a vendor lock and once people find other solutions they lose the 
vendor lock in. The article appears to reference Linux in that he 
referred to alternates to Windows that were cheaper.
>
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