I can see the point that this is not customarily how Microsoft operates.
But if I were Bill Gates, and had a heart, I’d try to help customers of the old stuff, by designing the new stuff to be easier to use in place of the old if nothing more.
I’m using Windows 8.1 on my desktop for a few months now, and as far as usability, it operates more or less the same as XP which I used for about 10 years.
It has some really nice features, spell check on FR for example.
why are you blaming Bill Gates? He has been gone from MS for years.