A little tech rant. (Warning opinionated opinion is opinionated)

[Hammerskjold]

"Blue" is coming this Summer which should be the stripped down Win 8 with a start menu.

Most of the report\rumors I've read so far says otherwise, especially with the start menu. Basically it all sounds like:

-Metro\modern is not going anywhere, it's here to stay, you will like what we -tell you- to like.

- The 'old and busted' Start button is not coming back, ever, because we know what works for you, see point above. DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!!!11111
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE

I'd love to be proven wrong on this one, but most reports\rumours says MS is sticking with the whole one size fits all 'solution', damn the torpedoes, what desktop users says (-you- are doing it wrong), or reality.

Corporate America told MS to piss off until they make Windows 8 not be so social and not make having a touch screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q

That's the scene that comes to my mind when you wrote that.

Just replace 'playing Jack' with 'forcing a phone\tablet OS onto a desktop'.

Seriously, has anyone at MS that had a hand in Metro ever spent time in an actual workplace? Not every company relies or even use social media. Some even -gasp-, outright disallow it, for oh I dunno, something stupid like security reason or whatever or something...OOOH! There's a cool picture of the speakers I wanted, I think I'm going to Pinterest that....hold on lemme tweet this and update my like on FBook...

Excuse me Mr\Ms Client, you just have to give me a minute here on my tablet but I'll definitely be able to help you out in just a....sorry gotta take this call. Yeah, yeah, did you see my Facebook update? SICK SPEAKERS RIGHT BRO?!!! OH MAN! Yeah...wait gimme a sec, some dude is looking pissed at me right now for some reason...like he's expecting me to do something for him, gimme a sec gonna ask the douchebag what the hell he wants.

Yes sir...can I...help you with something...?

So, if you're willing to take the chance on cloud, Microsoft is your best bet, but I don't trust cloud, so no thank you.

Personally I don't use it, yet. But it's just another option in a multi layer saving method for me. Having said that, I can think of some field where cloud storage is simply not an option. But yes, in general my sentiment is similar to yours.

Summing up my rant, MS is doing 'a heckuva job, Brownie' if their goal is to make Win7 the de facto choice for people who use their machines for things other than Facebook. They're also doing a fine job of making people seriously consider Mac platforms if they insist on aping Apple walled garden system. I'm not a fan of walled system, I don't see it as the Electronic Eden some folks do.

But an MS designed walled garden? Oh godnoez. If I find Apple walled garden to be too stifling, I find a MS one to be terrifying.