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Re:Windows 11: The number you have dialed has been disconnected by I_Am_Nous on Monday October 23, 2023 @11:30AM (#37987140)
Basically the article argues that software development (with regard to OS releases) doesn't seem to have any world-changing features to add. So going from Windows 10 to Windows 11 has some general UI differences, but nothing big like moving from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 was. Couple that with hardware likewise moving more slowly and there's no real reason to market everything so aggressively.
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Re:Windows 11: The number you have dialed has been disconnected by dehrmann on Monday October 23, 2023 @11:43AM (#37987330)
Moving from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is like moving from Windows 98 SE to Windows ME. It's what Microsoft wants, everything still works, and it's all a bit shittier.
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Re:Windows 11: The number you have dialed has been disconnected by I_Am_Nous on Monday October 23, 2023 @01:30PM (#37988875)
This just reminds me of my time at Geek Squad, when a gentleman purchased a new eMachines PC, used it a couple of times, and then boxed it up for some reason. Fast forward to 2012 and he's brought it in because the modern internet doesn't work with WINDOWS ME.

The PC was pristine, but the best we could do was install a version of Opera which supported ME and might allow him to access the internet with more modern code.

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Re:Windows 11: The number you have dialed has been disconnected by brookst on Monday October 23, 2023 @12:13PM (#37987761)
Thanks for translating. Hard to disagree with that take, but also hard to imagine someone being so angry that a mature market has matured.
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Re:Windows 11: The number you have dialed has been disconnected by I_Am_Nous on Monday October 23, 2023 @01:28PM (#37988846)
No problem! I got a lot of the same vibes from this article that I used to get from Cracked articles, that sort-of-unhinged internet diatribe style of writing. Perhaps it was trying to emphasize a point where the Microsoft marketing team is making mountains out of mole hills (as that is all they have left) so he's likewise going to make a mountain out of a mole hill to show how absurd it is.

I agree though, it is a strange thing to diatribe against in such a way.

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