Its been a pretty wild ride since the beginning of the year already. So lets get into it.
Microsoft is going through a cycle that may be typical now: suffering through perception-hell in a period after a major version of Windows ships. The level of negative perception that Microsoft is facing today isn’t really different from what they were facing in 2008. In the era of Vista, where it seemed like to many that Microsoft would never again ship a version of Windows that was decent, and could maybe get people actually excited about about the product. And then Windows 7 comes along and literally obliterates almost everything that Microsoft was negatively perceived of. I expect exactly the same thing when the number 8 comes along to sit next to the word “Windows”.
This goes back to what I said in one of my first posts. What people say about Microsoft today will be absolutely irrelevant when Windows 8 comes around later this year and solves Microsoft’s problems. At this point, its a force of nature, something to be expected.
Will post some more thoughts about other stuff later on.
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About interframe
Ever since I first got my Windows PC back in the 90s, I’ve been a fan Microsoft. There have been times where it seems like things have hopeless for Microsoft, but other times, I feel damn proud or just plain happy. I can’t explain it. Maybe its brand loyalty. Maybe it’s because other things in my life are either boring or just too painful to think about. I’ve been such a fan of this company that it’s too difficult to convert and get used to another. I’ve tried before, and it didn’t last, obviously. I’m too sucked into this world of Microsoft living that it’s too difficult to get out of it and get used to something else.
I’m not the kind of immature fan who blindly and religiously follows a company or defends it at all costs. No, I’m not that kind of fan. I’m a fan who can realize when my company is failing and where they need to improve. The great thing about companies, especially one like Microsoft, is that there’s always room for improvement, there’s always a chance to do better. And that’s how I keep going with this.
