WARNING: RANT AHEAD. PROCEED THROUGH NEXT POST WITH CAUTION. NAVIGATE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
MS Hater: Microsoft hasn't innovated in years. Total follow the leader. Never ahead of the curve.
MS Hater #2: Microsoft shoves changes down their users throats. Just look at the Metro UI in Windows 8- loss of start screen, more gestures, their loyal followers don't want that. They are just shooting thenselves in the foot.
Truth: Both of these statements can not be true. Either MS doesn't innovate, or they force change. They fact both of these statements have shown up a ton show that MS Haters are not paying attention to what MS is doing as a company. It has been slow to react to the new world order, but now is adapting at a fairly quick rate. It was painful to not react, it is painful to react. MS is doing the right thing to be relevent in 5-10 years. Metro is new, able to be adated to cross platforms, and mobile centered. Plus that, start taking a look at all the Android and Apple's licsensing agreements in mobile, and you get the idea that mobile is DEPENDENT on MS innovation.
MS Hater: Look at the Zune, Kin, and about a dozen other attempts at new products. MS has flopped repeatedly.
Truth: Look at the use of Zune to launch into an entertainment media, the XBOX, Bing, MSN news service, and about a dozen other examples. Why not mention Google's poor attempts at social sites, Apples inability to EVER get Mac computers out of single digit sales and their Maps flop?
MS Hater: WP is just missing too many features, no way they can compete with Android and Apple.
Truth: WP is behind Android and Apple, but right where they should be. Level headed mobile enthusiast know where the big 2 were after 3 years of devlopement. No where NEAR where they are today. MS is soaring in improvements to their OS. Of course they are playing catch up, so they have too. But it is a credit to them they are moving at a pace where in WP is in three years where Android and Apple were at maybe even three-five years. Most oftheir functions work. The glitches need ironed out, but overall it has been a great effort.
MS Hater: Win Mobile and WP7 users were left behind. WP 8 users will be too.
Truth: BB07 users and 90% of Android users have the same complaint. I will spot you Apple, who has earned their reputation for support of their devices. MS has some repair and improvement to do here. Nothing short of time will show MS has learned their lesson.
MS Hater: Micr$oft is all about money. Could care less about anything else.
Truth: Well....DUH!! Seen Apple's stash of cash??? Seen all the criticism of Google for selling every piece of their users search history to earn every red cent they can from adds? Stupid, moronic argument.
Long post, but I feel better now. MS is corporation. Neither evil nor good. Niether perfect nor completely screwed up. Niether behind nor ahead. It is just a tech company. Buy it's products, or don't. I am FINE with criticism that are true- continued storage issues and XBOX Music problems in WP8, for example, or the Windows RT flop, which was one of the worst product launches in MS history when it was actually a decent product but packaged wrong. But, why waste time trying to put it out of existence on blog boards when this company has done so much right in it's history and meant so much to tech and software?
RANT OVER. WE NOW RETURN YOU TO YOUR THREAD. :wink: