Windows 8 : $40 : You'll get what you pay for…
I am a firm believer that you get what you pay for, especially when it comes to technology. I understand why Microsoft is selling upgrades to Windows 8 for $40, they won't have anyone upgrading to it. Having been on Windows 8 since day one of it being available for download, as a Software Architect Consultant and an Enterprise Architect in my current position, I'll be recommending my clients and users wait to see what happens for at least a year or two after it is released. It is fine for the phone and tablets, but on the desktop it is a joke.
I personally will continue to run it on a virtual machine and I may throw it on an old laptop to run proof of concepts and to continue learning the Microsoft platform, but I will never jam new Microsoft technology down my customer's throats again. I got burnt hard with Silverlight, Windows Workflow, and Software Factories. I have also had to battle Microsoft's ignorance when it came to UML, MSF, DSL, and DNA to protect my clients from making poor decisions.
I will not be investing in a Surface Tablet, Windows 8 Slate, or a Windows 8 Phone. I will continue to run Windows 7 on my Alienware M18X
and I will be continuing to hit Objective-C full-bore on my new MacBook Pro with Retina Display
. I am not going to stop learning the Microsoft platform as it changes in the coming years. I will continue to help implement Microsoft solutions, but I will not champion for them anymore. It is not worth the risk.
You can argue that a company like Microsoft doesn't make mistakes as big as whole operating systems, but products like Windows Millennium Edition (ME, better known as "Mistake Edition") and Vista have proven to me they can.
Believe it or not, I am not a Microsoft hater. I am just a guy who made the mistake of trusting them one too many times. I have been burnt and my clients have been burnt time and time again. I think Microsoft will get through this time of change because there are so many enterprises dependent on them, and those enterprises have no choice but to continue down the path with Microsoft. I don't think they will ever be technology innovators, they never really have been. They are great imitators, and that has served them well.
It is going to be interesting watching the Windows 8 story unfold from the sidelines for once. Not having any meat in the Microsoft game this year has added years to my life!!!!
I personally will continue to run it on a virtual machine and I may throw it on an old laptop to run proof of concepts and to continue learning the Microsoft platform, but I will never jam new Microsoft technology down my customer's throats again. I got burnt hard with Silverlight, Windows Workflow, and Software Factories. I have also had to battle Microsoft's ignorance when it came to UML, MSF, DSL, and DNA to protect my clients from making poor decisions.
I will not be investing in a Surface Tablet, Windows 8 Slate, or a Windows 8 Phone. I will continue to run Windows 7 on my Alienware M18X
and I will be continuing to hit Objective-C full-bore on my new MacBook Pro with Retina Display. I am not going to stop learning the Microsoft platform as it changes in the coming years. I will continue to help implement Microsoft solutions, but I will not champion for them anymore. It is not worth the risk.You can argue that a company like Microsoft doesn't make mistakes as big as whole operating systems, but products like Windows Millennium Edition (ME, better known as "Mistake Edition") and Vista have proven to me they can.
Believe it or not, I am not a Microsoft hater. I am just a guy who made the mistake of trusting them one too many times. I have been burnt and my clients have been burnt time and time again. I think Microsoft will get through this time of change because there are so many enterprises dependent on them, and those enterprises have no choice but to continue down the path with Microsoft. I don't think they will ever be technology innovators, they never really have been. They are great imitators, and that has served them well.
It is going to be interesting watching the Windows 8 story unfold from the sidelines for once. Not having any meat in the Microsoft game this year has added years to my life!!!!
posted by tadanderson at 6:02 PM
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