Memorandum on Microsoft’s strategy against Linux and Open Source software (1998)

Re:Memorandum on Microsoft’s strategy against Linux and Open... by the_hoser on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:20AM (#17228578)

I think this is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" kind of situation. On the one hand, the user definitely thinks it's in their best interest to be in control of their software. On the other hand, history has shown that the average user doesn't make good decisions when it comes to said software. Microsoft will catch the blame for the insecure operating system, or they'll catch the blame for forcing users to update their software.

I'm no Microsoft fan, but I really do believe they did the less-wrong thing in this case.

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Re:Memorandum on Microsoft’s strategy against Linux and Open... by gnud on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:23AM (#17228618)

The forced upgrade would be less of a problem if Win10 didn't spy so much, or show ads in the start menu.

It would still be a problem, but less so.

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Re:Memorandum on Microsoft’s strategy against Linux and Open... by the_hoser on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:29AM (#17228684)

All of their competitors are doing it, and offering arguably compelling experiences based on that data.

That said, they should probably treat personal information sharing like they treat the modification of system settings. Notify the user that an app or service wants to share info, and get their permission to proceed.

With the GDPR stuff happening recently, I wouldn't be surprised if a future version of Windows 10 had a feature like this.

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