I called out Microsoft on this here and on /. when the first previews came out. It made no sense. I remote in to Windows machines on my iPad. Its very difficult to use and I understand that.
Now Microsoft wants to have its cake and eat it too, look Windows is a tablet and desktop! It can do both! No, that means it fails at both as the common user is exposed to a sub-par experience no matter which device they are using.
This reminds me a lot of Windows Media Center. I don't know if it was XP of Vista that came with bundled versions of it, but it left the user thinking, "What the F is this?"
Microsoft is in serious trouble, and they know it. They refuse to take seriously the things that are most vital to their long term survival as a company selling consumer products. Apple's version of a half-assed product release is Apple TV -- "just a hobby"; compare that to Microsoft's expansive portfolio of half-assed products, Apple TV looks like a polished, finished product (and it is.)
If Steve Jobs was still alive and ran Microsoft, one would imagine that everyone responsible for Windows Metro would be fired.
Now Microsoft wants to have its cake and eat it too, look Windows is a tablet and desktop! It can do both! No, that means it fails at both as the common user is exposed to a sub-par experience no matter which device they are using.
This reminds me a lot of Windows Media Center. I don't know if it was XP of Vista that came with bundled versions of it, but it left the user thinking, "What the F is this?"
Microsoft is in serious trouble, and they know it. They refuse to take seriously the things that are most vital to their long term survival as a company selling consumer products. Apple's version of a half-assed product release is Apple TV -- "just a hobby"; compare that to Microsoft's expansive portfolio of half-assed products, Apple TV looks like a polished, finished product (and it is.)
If Steve Jobs was still alive and ran Microsoft, one would imagine that everyone responsible for Windows Metro would be fired.