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Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by blumkvist » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:05 PM UTC

chasing wrote: post #43

Dear Microsoft, Windows 10. Just release Windows 10. No one knows the difference between Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Extreme and Windows 10 Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Supreme. Your customers actually don't care. And as long as you keep selling a baffling array of variations on the same product, no one will believe you've turned over a new leaf. Windows 10. With love, Guy on the Internet PS:…

Making money.

You don't know how to.

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by mattdeboard » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:05 PM UTC

Hey so what does everyone think of them releasing multiple versions of Windows 10?

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by stephengillie » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:05 PM UTC

wvenable wrote: post #24

stephengillie wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It reminds me of the Model Year - We're still on Windows Model Year 2008.

Windows 10 was version 6.4 internally but it sounds like they're going to go make it 10.0 on release. (Windows 8.1 is 6.3 and Windows 7 is 6.1 and Vista is 6.0)

I haven't used Win10 yet. I'm curious if they've rewritten some of the core components like they did for the 2003-2008 jump. Things like IIS, Task Scheduler engine, & Security (UAC elevation).

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by yathern » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:07 PM UTC

blumkvist wrote: post #51

chasing wrote: post #43

Dear Microsoft, Windows 10. Just release Windows 10. No one knows the difference between Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Extreme and Windows 10 Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Supreme. Your customers actually don't care. And as long as you keep selling a baffling array of variations on the same product, no one will believe you've turned over a new leaf. Windows 10. With love, Guy on the Internet PS:…

Making money. You don't know how to.

Actually, he has a point. Too many choices can harm sales significantly. Granted, in Microsoft's position, it's not as applicable.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/research-too-many-choi...

https://blog.kissmetrics.com/too-many-choices/

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by blumkvist » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:09 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #48

Good lord... With all the stride MS has made and they STILL insist on releasing 1 million different versions of Windows... How stupid do you have to be to continue to do this?

Has it ever occurred to you they know better what to do then you?

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by rurounijones » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:09 PM UTC

> We are also bringing the Xbox gaming experience to Windows 10, giving games and gamers access to the Xbox Live gaming community, enabling the capture and share of gameplay and giving Xbox One owners the ability to play their Xbox One games from any Windows 10 PC in their home.

I do not like the sound of this. It looks like another attempt at the loathed GWFL (Games For Windows Live)

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:10 PM UTC

blumkvist wrote: post #51

chasing wrote: post #43

Dear Microsoft, Windows 10. Just release Windows 10. No one knows the difference between Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Extreme and Windows 10 Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Supreme. Your customers actually don't care. And as long as you keep selling a baffling array of variations on the same product, no one will believe you've turned over a new leaf. Windows 10. With love, Guy on the Internet PS:…

Making money. You don't know how to.

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Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by blumkvist » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:10 PM UTC

yathern wrote: post #54

blumkvist wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Making money. You don't know how to.

Actually, he has a point. Too many choices can harm sales significantly. Granted, in Microsoft's position, it's not as applicable. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/research-too-many-choi... https://blog.kissmetrics.com/too-many-choices/

Please, this is enterprise software we're talking about, sold almost exclusively through resellers, who are licensing experts and decide what the client needs. This is how you extract the most value.

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by Dirlewanger » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:12 PM UTC

0xffff2 wrote: post #33

dm2 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Necessary? Probably not. But you should anyways.

It isn't 2001 anymore.

Eh, even with constant upkeep and trimming of all non-essential processes/services, desktop Windows still begins to atrophy from day 1 in a way that one just does not see on *nix machines. Wish it weren't so but such is the price of Windows' legacy baggage.

Re: Introducing Windows 10 Editions

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 13, 2015, 6:18 PM UTC

blumkvist wrote: post #58

yathern wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, he has a point. Too many choices can harm sales significantly. Granted, in Microsoft's position, it's not as applicable. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/research-too-many-choi... https://blog.kissmetrics.com/too-many-choices/

Please, this is enterprise software we're talking about, sold almost exclusively through resellers, who are licensing experts and decide what the client needs. This is how you extract the most value.

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