Microsoft.

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What are your views about the company Microsoft and their products?

I love their products, although I hate it when people buy them then have a ***** fit because they cause a problem and blame it on MS. It's extremely important to know about the company and product and how it came about and obviously everyone needs to know this because it's just so important.

They're a fantastic company, with fantastic goals and morals who produce state of the art products.

Fantastic.

[HotelUser]

As far as them being a "good company" goes they are because they make a profit.

As far as me using Windows goes, I haven't actually run Windows in quite a while now

[Chippiewill]

Microsoft is a terrible company in parts because they don't know what to do with themselves, they're focusing on the consumer side of things and failing everywhere except with the Xbox (Does not include Business and Consumer orientated products); Zune failed, Windows Phone failed, and is still failing, Media Centre failed, Windows home server failed, Windows Live is now starting to fail, Windows Tablets failed for ten years.

75% of Microsoft's income is from Business.
25% of Microsoft's income is from Consumer, some of which (ie windows) is also used by business.

Microsoft should become the new IBM rather than wasting resources on purely consumer products, although Xbox360 could continue.

[xxMATTGxx]

I like Microsoft for what they do for education/business and so on but I also enjoy using their products. Windows 7 is such a good product and operating system that has really done them well in terms of sales, I've also recently moved from Android and got myself a Windows Phone 7 device and the OS on that is sleek and fast. Yeah it needs improvements here and there but I believe MS will deliver that when the correct time comes.

They are just a proper full on company!

@Tom, Yeah I hate it when people blame Microsoft like that.

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Zune failed, Windows Phone failed, and is still failing, Media Centre failed, Windows home server failed, Windows Live is now starting to fail, Windows Tablets failed for ten years.

Well, ya know, considering no one else provides solutions anywhere near Media Center and Windows Home Server, they haven't failed at all. Windows Home Server is a new product that is being ramped up with a new release soon that has proven fairly popular in the Tech community already and there is nothing like Media Center on this planet, which obviously didn't fail seeing as it made the cut into all Windows 7 machines and is now being heavily pushed on new ARM systems this/next year. Media Center is very popular in the states btw.

How can you also say Windows Phone 7 is a failure? It's extremely popular already, hasn't been out long and is considered a game changer.

Just no.

[xxMATTGxx]

Microsoft is a terrible company in parts because they don't know what to do with themselves, they're focusing on the consumer side of things and failing everywhere except with the Xbox (Does not include Business and Consumer orientated products); Zune failed, Windows Phone failed, and is still failing, Media Centre failed, Windows home server failed, Windows Live is now starting to fail, Windows Tablets failed for ten years.

75% of Microsoft's income is from Business.
25% of Microsoft's income is from Consumer, some of which (ie windows) is also used by business.

Microsoft should become the new IBM rather than wasting resources on purely consumer products, although Xbox360 could continue.

I laughed at this post because you want to know why? Because what you posted is a load of bull.

Windows Phone hasn't failed, it's still early days for the platform and it hasn't even been out a year. Give it a chance :rolleyes:
Media Centre hasn't failed either :rolleyes:
Windows Home Server hasn't failed :rolleyes:
Windows Live won't fail :rolleyes:
Windows Tablets, not been great but theres always improvements. Especially with the news of Windows 8 being able to run on ARM. :rolleyes:

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Also don't quote false/made up statistics.

[Chippiewill]

Well, ya know, considering no one else provides solutions anywhere near Media Center and Windows Home Server, they haven't failed at all.

a) What use is Media Center, can you use any of the new online media services on it? No.
b) Windows Home Server serves no purpose, cloud computing is where it's at and frankly, how many people actually HAVE a Windows Home Server, 5%? Probably less.

How can you also say Windows Phone 7 is a failure? It's extremely popular already, hasn't been out long and is considered a game changer.

Frankly no, they released it promising updates to fix missing features to get it out asap, have they yet? No they've be resting because it's 'complete' it took them three and a half years to come up with a solution and competitor to the iPhone. It's pathetic how slowly they work.

I laughed at this post because you want to know why? Because what you posted is a load of bull.

Real mature behaviour from the GM, gratz.

Windows Phone hasn't failed, it's still early days for the platform and it hasn't even been out a year. Give it a chance

a) Three years too late
b) It's ten years old, they can rename it all they like.

Windows Live won't fail

Flag ship product just went down hill, trust me, it will.

Windows Tablets, not been great but theres always improvements. Especially with the news of Windows 8 being able to run on ARM.:

Ok, so two years time we'll have new Windows tablets when Honeycomb will have been out for two years and the iPad for three. Microsoft is too slow to operate in the consumer market.

Also don't quote false/made up statistics.

I didn't, I like Microsoft but from a business standpoint they need to pull out of the consumer market:
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/...er-Market.aspx

THIS is fanboyerism, you're too attached to your Microsoft to see anyone criticise it with logic.

Media Center is very popular in the states btw.

Not anymore, people want Netflix, Hulu etc.

p.s. I just laughed because Google included 'Microsoft' on the spell check aka brands = official words now

[Jordy]

Mhm I'm a big fan of Microsoft, I'm unsure about the morals of the company as they don't seem all that innovative or fair at times but I'm not really concerned by that, it's the products which matter.

Microsoft is excellent value for money I must say and it dominates technology I use. A lot of their products do fail I must admit but personally I think most of it is pretty decent. I've used Windows Mobile for 3-4 years now, admittedly it's not for everyone and it's not very easy to use but it's so capable and customizable people don't quite understand. It may not be all jazzy like the iPhone but you'd struggle to find something any other phone can do which a Windows Mobile one can't. The Xbox 360 is fantastic, very good value for money and a great service. Then of course there's the Windows operating systems, whilst I think they could be a bit simpler to use, Windows 7 is almost a faultless OS in my opinion. There's also software like Media Center, Live Messenger and Office which I've all used for a long-time, some excellent stuff

I think Microsoft has a bright future in Cloud computing, the way Live services are transforming and innovating is remarkable even if there is a few hiccups along the way (Messenger for instance) but it's got some nice Cloud computing solutions which lets face it, are the future. Where would I be without Microsoft?

[peteyt]

I use Microsoft software and so on but I'm not the biggest fan.

My main issue with Microsoft as someone mentioned earlier is the fact they often seem behind. They've got a bit better lately but still could be a lot better.

I use the prime example of Internet Explorer 6 to 7 - the gap between the two was huge, just about 5 years. In between that time Firefox and many other browsers came along and got popular. Microsoft seemed to ignore it for a while then when Internet Explorer 7 came out went on about all these "new" features that other browsers had had for years.

The problem is its a big war out there technology wise, with each company trying to over-top the next. Microsoft may be popular but it could be a lot more popular if it tried to stay ahead of the times instead of waiting. I mean wasn't there lots and lots of delays with Longhorn/Vista yet Linux, working for free and a lot less staff, was able to be on schedule.

My other issue is they don't always listen. For example a lot of people complained about Vista's many versions and they claimed they would fix it. I still find Windows 7 has far too many versions which makes it more confusing. There are 6 main versions (and some sub ones). It would be easier to have a basic, pro and ultimate.