[SeekAndFind]

RE: Honestly, I’m not anybody’s “fan”. But I want Microsoft to succeed with Windows Phone (and Windows 8).

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The reason why I said what I said is because everytime Windows is mentioned in these forums, it inevitably gets the whole gamut of ridicule from many posters.

Windows is at the same time, one of the most successful, yet one of the most disliked products out there.

[Timaeus]

The reason why I said what I said is because everytime Windows is mentioned in these forums, it inevitably gets the whole gamut of ridicule from many posters.

I use opensuse 12.1 so I don't even need to write what I want to write because you already know my script by heart. So, blah, blah, blah, etc., &c.

[Timaeus]

The reason why I said what I said is because everytime Windows is mentioned in these forums, it inevitably gets the whole gamut of ridicule from many posters.

I use opensuse 12.1 so I don't even need to write what I want to write because you already know my script by heart. So, blah, blah, blah, etc., &c.

[dayglored]

> Windows is at the same time, one of the most successful, yet one of the most disliked products out there.

Oh I know. :) I use it on numerous machines, every day. I make my living on Windows.

You mentioned "successful" and "disliked", but you didn't mention "quality".

Windows' success is because it became ubiquitous riding on the coattails of MSDOS in the 90's, nothing more. It's finally gotten to the point of being a "quality" product with Windows 7, in the last 2-3 years, and now it's damn good. Nevertheless, users will always complain about Windows.

Apple got MacOSX working right after a few years, but they've also had 7-8 years of subsequent raging success in their part of the marketplace to build a reputation. If you doubt that MacOSX took a while to get right, go back and try to use 10.1 or 10.2. Yikes!

I hope Microsoft does Windows 8 right. They can't afford another Vista debacle.

[BitWielder1]

Windows is at the same time, one of the most successful, yet one of the most disliked products out there.

Successful in numbers but after so many years on the market still unreliable and unfriendly to use.
Every time I do something off the beaten path with a Microsoft app, I spend more time fighting against the tools than doing the intended work.
It takes longer to figure out how to do something than actually doing it, and far too often I had to settle with what the tools would let me do, or what I could find out in a limited time, rather than what I really wanted.