Would Windows be less like a phone if we had remained in the style of XP and just improved it in increments?

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The radical changes stem from a Microsoft inferiority complex. There's a perception that they've never really invented anything. Their first BASIC interpreter, MS-DOS, Flight Simulator, Windows, .NET, SQL Server- these were all copied, licensed, or acquired. As a result, Microsoft's "holy grail" is inventing something truly novel, like Apple did with the iPhone.

Unfortunately that's just not in their DNA, so "innovative" versions of Windows (like Vista or Windows 8) tend to be really bad. Microsoft's attempts at smartphones (which predate the iPhone) were similarly bad. They're just not a company you can trust to innovate well, and when they throw their big money in that direction some truly terrible things result.

[–]raven9 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Or did Microsoft just become a front for NSA surveillance that wanted to monitor everything everyone uses their computer to illustrate or create? Everyone at Microsoft knows the world wanted Windows XP or Windows 7 and no one asked for Windows 8. No one asked for any of that touch screen phone junkware that only serves to reduce the accuracy of human interactions with the software yet they forced it on everyone and definately no one asked for cloud computing that demands an online presence all of the time.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are actually making a killing on cloud computing, unlike windows 8 and the smartphones, although I share your sentiment