Last Thursday, I was reading about Microsoft and the surprising fact that Windows 7 was entering Long Term Support. Given the unpopularity of Windows 8 and 8.1, this may be a decision that seems harsh.
However I am not surprised since Microsoft , as well as other industry giants seem to be eager to upset and act against their customers ' wishes and best interests.
With the disappearance of the Start Button, and the hiding of many settings and features regularly needed by power users and systems administrators, Microsoft ensured that their biggest customer base, ie businesses, would avoid Windows 8 . I guess that the rapid announcement of Windows 10 and the eminent return of the Start Button prove that the latest version of Windows was a failure.
But what is the most striking and aggravating of all is that Microsoft took a perfectly good product (Windows 7) and decided to shelf it on the discontinued rack.
By deciding to no longer develop and implement new features such as Direct X into Windows 7 it will force those who want or need these features to upgrade to Windows 10 once it hits the market. And this, to me, is just as wrong as Apple deciding that certain versions of ios and OS X would not be compatible with older devices even though they would be technically capable of handling the updates.
But then I guess that when you are in a position of near monopoly, who cares about a few thousand annoyed customers? I know that I would.
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