Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
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Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
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Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#2Sssh! Don't tell them now, else they'll just force-install their thing on Patch Tuesday after June 29 (and claim that the "free upgrade" meant "you are free to decide _when_").
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#3A metrix where windows does not look like a failure has to be created first. Not even them are able to do so.
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#4Personally I find it very odd. I've been a Linux-only user for the past 13 years, and Windows 10 was the first time I actually considered trying Windows as my main OS. I guess our metrics are different.
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#5Ever since I installed it on my work laptop, it's been crashing the file manager every few days, requiring a reboot. Sometimes more often.
I've been refraining from installing it on a bunch of other PCs since then.
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#6Personally I find it very odd. I've been a Linux-only user for the past 13 years, and Windows 10 was the first time I actually considered trying Windows as my main OS. I guess our metrics are different.
I went to other way. Did mac for about 7 years and became increasingly frustrated with the bloat and stagnant os. Jumped to Win 10 for about 6 weeks before Ubuntu. Didn't mind win 10, just wasn't where i was at.
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#7This says more about the prediction process than it does about Windows 10. Overly optimistic sales projections are a dime a dozen.
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#8Ever since I installed it on my work laptop, it's been crashing the file manager every few days, requiring a reboot. Sometimes more often. I've been refraining from installing it on a bunch of other PCs since then.
If you have Clover installed, that may be the issue.
As soon as I uninstalled it, no more problem.
One of my friends also had Clover installed, but he had no problems.
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#9This says more about the prediction process than it does about Windows 10. Overly optimistic sales projections are a dime a dozen.
Sales? It was free. They can't give it away.
Re: Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric
#10Sssh! Don't tell them now, else they'll just force-install their thing on Patch Tuesday after June 29 (and claim that the "free upgrade" meant "you are free to decide _when_").
I'm not sure why this is getting downvoted so badly. The top comments to the linked article are about how atrocious MS has been in force-upgrading / no upgrade control / no-option telemetry. I think this is a primary reason MS won't meet their goal. By all other measures and reviews it is a top notch OS. The fact that they are using shady tactics with this OS to start vendor lockin and to jumpstart their only-by-subscription options is why people are jumping ship to the viable alternatives.