Re:HP brings Windows 7 back 'due to popular demand' as buyer...
by michaelwww on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @10:39AM
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I wasn't necessarily saying it was a bad thing. We're all grownups here on HN for the most part. I was just observing that it sounded like that to me. I don't knock salespeople. My old boss used to say that last two groups let go when a company is in trouble are those who make it (engineers like me) and those who sell it.
As a long time user of Windows, I'm frustrated, but maybe they're going after new people and they don't have the same expectations as me.
That's my personal experience. If you want to call me a shill, then say it, rather than insinuate it.
Edit: Apologies, that was antagonistic. I was a professional salesperson for 7 years - I sometimes lapse into sales talk when discussing any product. Usually it's things other than Microsoft, and I'm not joking when I say that the last version I used was Vista, but I honestly think 8 is interesting, if unpolished. My family isn't adept other than my mother (she's 41).