On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:32:34 +0100 "Moritz Maxeiner" <mor...@ucworks.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20 February 2013 at 03:52:12 UTC, Nick Sabalausky > wrote: > > > > Incidentally, the "MUST_CLONE_MACOSX", > > "MUST_TAKE_CONTROL_AWAY_FROM_USER" just happen to also be the > > exact same > > reasons I'm fed up with all forms of Windows post-XP. I'll never > > understand why so many people have been so obsessed with > > cloning an OS > > that's never even managed to reach double-digit market share. > > It's like > > trying to clone the Ford Edsel: Why? Even if some people like > > it, > > they'll just use the real thing anyway. > > Since we're getting further OT I'll just mark this > [OT] > With MS I see it as a marketing attempt to keep as many users > with windows as possible, because Apple had been getting many > users with their "we're different" approach. Combine that with > the fact that the normal PC/Laptop-market has been slowly going > into decline ever since the rise of the tablet-hype (and there > doesn't seem to be an end in sight for that) the facts seem to be > to me that a lot of the "common" people these days use their > computers for to things: Youtube and Facebook (and derivates > thereof), maaaybe newssites as well. > And since Apple were the ones who succesfully pushed for feasible > commercial tablets (not the first, but the ones who started the > hype) their OS more or less became "the design to be or to be > close to in mobile computing", hence everyone with a lot of money > invested in OS design tries to copy them. > At least that is how I see the developments of the recent years^^ > [/OT] > Mobile is where all the buzz is, but I'm pretty sure most computer usage is still desktop/laptop. Just because tablet hasn't peaked yet doesn't mean it won't. But, of course, that doesn't mean that MS necessarily sees it that way. I don't doubt many of them see Apple's "buzz" and mistake that for overall numbers compared to desktop/laptop (An area where apple is still doing no better than they ever have - So I don't know what brain defect made MS decide Win7 needed to be an OSX clone). It's a *very* common mistake in the computer world, confusing amount of buzz with amount of actual usage. For example, a few years ago, from the way people talked, you would have thought most internet users were on Second Life. Huge buzz, and yea, enviable raw numbers, but proportionally still *very* much a niche. Very similar thing today with the twitface sites. Most people *don't* use them, but try telling any suit that. They think "buzz == reality".