CowboyTeal writes:
"Windows 8 is still being disputed as either the product of a genius or a nerdy sadist but that doesn't mean Windows 9 isn't in the works. That said, how would you guys improve Windows if you could change anything about it? Has windows 8 improved or degraded your overall experience of the Windows platform? If you're not a Windows user, what features would you like to see in Windows for possible assimilation?"
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday March 02 2014, @01:32PM
"11) You've pwned the enterprise market and the enterprise has become dependent on you."
How will this turn out better than RIM/Blackberry? Or IBM mainframes circa 1970s. Or Lotus Notes.
Not saying its impossible, just better have a different plan if you want a different result.
Enterprise market has traditionally been where companies go to die. Oh they'll make dough for a decade, at most, then bye bye.
Would it necessarily be bad if no one ever used Windows outside a business environment ever again? The market is rapidly headed that way anyway so may as well encourage the trend.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by gishzida on Sunday March 02 2014, @01:55PM
You can dumb down a teller workstation to a what is the modern equivalent of a smart terminal [a touch workstation with an Atom CPU running a virtual desktop on a VM host]... but for the end user the OS still needs to be Windows to support all those specialty apps... because you cannot change an Enterprise over night. Enterprises also hate to have to retrain users. You won't see BYOD for a Bank Teller... or any other critical app [medical , military, law enforcement, etc.]. When and if you do you should be seriously question doing business with that company