Well, as a Microsoft Developer, what are we going to see?
Are we going to see .NET for, Linux, UNIX, iOS and Android?
SQL Server for LINUX and UNIX?
they got tired of trying to get people to buy a new version every few years and so they decided to make you pay for the one you have yearly.
I don’t know ANY company that is on the latest version
Humm, where have we seen his look before?
In the 1980’s Microsoft had products that were affordable; usually $25-$95 for just about anything.
Today, Microsoft forgot about those days of growth and charges outrageous prices: $300-$12,000.
One primary reason Microsoft grew so fast was all the support they offered developers: Dev Days, TechEd, libraries, MSJ, etc. Today, most of that is gone and the content of what is left is nearly useless junk and some of it charged at useless pricing models.
I’m just your average non-tech-savvy American running a small office.
All I can say is - since I stopped running MS-Windows based PC’s, my life has been so much easier. If it isn’t a frequent crash of Windows, then it is some hardware issue. I’m only guessing here, but with the multitude of PC makers who are simply boxes to run Windows, I believe they are forced to cut quality to make any margin.
Apple software and hardware work absolutely fine for our basic needs.
Here’s the operating system for all kinds of devices—stable kernel, security and no spyware.