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- May 25, 2009
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- Ada Michigan
Hi
I was watching this video in another post...
and it finally became clear to me that the vision for Windows after Windows 7 isn't about running software anymore.
I don't know why I didn't get it before, but the purpose of Windows now is to sell Apps.
Windows will still run all of the normal software, Photoshop, MMOs and things like, they couldn't just dump everyone, but that's not the focus.
And that's why I personally didn't get it.
I don't run even one App, not the Weather Channel, or any other App!
I don't see any reason to run even one app, so that's why the whole thing made no sense to me.
But this is the age of the App, and it's a real boon to Microsoft.
No more do they just sell an operating system and Office, then sit around waiting for you to buy another computer.
It makes perfect sense, you are tied to them for everything you need forever.
It's why they want you to sign in with them to use your own computer.
It's why they thought that they didn't have to cater to the desktop user anymore, Who needs you, we sell Apps!
I finally get it, I'm sure everyone else figured this out a long time ago, but I really didn't understand until now.
Mike
I was watching this video in another post...
and it finally became clear to me that the vision for Windows after Windows 7 isn't about running software anymore.
I don't know why I didn't get it before, but the purpose of Windows now is to sell Apps.
Windows will still run all of the normal software, Photoshop, MMOs and things like, they couldn't just dump everyone, but that's not the focus.
And that's why I personally didn't get it.
I don't run even one App, not the Weather Channel, or any other App!
I don't see any reason to run even one app, so that's why the whole thing made no sense to me.
But this is the age of the App, and it's a real boon to Microsoft.
No more do they just sell an operating system and Office, then sit around waiting for you to buy another computer.
It makes perfect sense, you are tied to them for everything you need forever.
It's why they want you to sign in with them to use your own computer.
It's why they thought that they didn't have to cater to the desktop user anymore, Who needs you, we sell Apps!
I finally get it, I'm sure everyone else figured this out a long time ago, but I really didn't understand until now.
Mike
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