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Re:Windows Signature Experience: it's just windows sans the ... by samiq on Monday October 04, 2010 @01:44AM (#1754720)
paying microsoft extra for the experience I'd have got from the beginning is shocking... microsoft should focus more on getting OEMs stop this crapware fair and instead provide a great experience for their end users.

anyway, this a response from someone at Microsoft from a twitter conversation that started from this same link:

@xpaulbettsx: @timheuer @shanselman @samiq we are working to do this via perf requirements - slow down the OS, get penalized

http://twitter.com/#!/xpaulbettsx/status/26334503491

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Re:Windows Signature Experience: it's just windows sans the ... by vdm on Monday October 04, 2010 @07:27AM (#1755300)
Microsoft have created a situation where OEMs margin is coming from that crapware. The incentives are way off and the end user is the big loser.
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Re:Windows Signature Experience: it's just windows sans the ... by gizmomagico on Monday October 04, 2010 @04:57AM (#1755061)
we are working to do this via perf requirements - slow down the OS, get penalized

In other words: "Code your crapware better" ?

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