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Fair enough, it is definitely vague.

This isn't an agile startup here, it's one of the world's largest software companies. I think aiming to do a lot isn't a big stretch.

Why is this news? Of course they log mail for law enforcement, that's a no brainer! This has nothing to do with the NSA fallout and the fact that it's being framed as such is just silly.

You may be speaking too soon. Let's reserve judgement for after we know the details.

Ah, pretty poorly worded sarcasm there.

It's pretty poorly done sarcasm, as many others didn't believe it either, asshole.

"Is it sexual assault if I do that to my girlfriend of 5 years?"

It is if she says it is. That's the whole point, you don't decide, the circumstances don't decide, only she can decide.

"it is their judgment, it is their consent that matters. Not yours."

Amen brother.

EDIT: Apparently the OP was being sarcastic, and I failed to read deep enough into the ASCII characters. But if he hadn't been sarcastic, I would've still said what I said below.

What the hell? I had to read this over 6 times to make sure I was understanding it correctly.

"Women are sensitive, fragile, inferior creatures who require constant, vigilant protection from honorable men."

That right there ladies and gentlemen, is the thinking that permeates and sustains misogyny throughout our world.

I understand that the original poster had good intentions, but the way is high and his eyes are definitely upon the ground.

Women are not sensitive, fragil, or inferior. Please avoid false blanket statements like this.

But it looks like it still is :/ Stocks are complex creatures. Jumping to conclusions often ends up leading investors into trouble.

Locked out is definitely way too strong of a phrase. "Make it less comfortable to use" is a bit closer to truth

As a developer in Windows org, it pained me to see secure boot be so widely misinterpreted by the public.

I highly recommend using the 1 hour transition time instead of the instant one. It feels much more natural as your screen essentially dims as the sun sets. I've found that it's quite pleasant on the eyes.

As a big chat room user, there's something that bugs me about this. I think that one of the main reasons the chatroom hasn't changed in so long is because it's so simple. You connect and begin chatting. It looks like this idea is putting a big emphasis on organizing, which means that the user has to do more work, which isn't good. But I'm just being the skeptic here, don't mind me.

It's actually about services. By having services like Xbox music, video, and live come bundled with the system they're trying to increase subscriptions and purchases. Ads no doubt will play a role but this article exaggerates it.

Ah, makes sense. I assumed too much from comments and titles.

It's interesting that the first app they got into a store was the Windows 8 version: http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d23cc2b2-c105-4db3-9946...

They actually switched the Office interface into a 'touch friendly' mode that spaces out the buttons quite a bit more to avoid missed touches. Speaking as a Surface user, this works but is definitely missing some elegance.

Moving up next year, makes me happy to see.

I wouldn't doubt it. I think that Apple's going to move to control the entire stack from bottom to top.

Welcome to the life of an early adopter. It is a bit buggier than we'd like, but you know we'll receive updates before the year is up that will address a lot of the problems. I do wish that it could've been shipped with higher performance, but Windows on ARM was a big endeavor. Achieving the amount of polish that we see on Intel's chips is going to take a bit of time.

Ah, I suppose this is on the front page then because some people feel like this is what they're doing. I don't really think so but I do see the train of thought.

iOS/Mac OS and WP8/Win8 are much more similar than Chrome OS/Android. The disjoint between the latter two is much more pronounced.

You know very well you won't be able to make the same claim in a couple months so I think this argument easily falls flat.

I'd like it if they weren't telling two stories. We have almost opposing operating systems being shipped by these guys.

We have Chrome OS on one hand which focuses on the web being the be all and end all of computing. Then we have Android on the other hand which focuses on client side processing.

Which one do they actually believe in?

We, as a collective community of tech industry members, have put it to bed. But that isn't at all true on the consumer side. For example: In one of my classes today, we were talking about how we're going to be taking our exam online. We come into class, bring our laptops, and write out essays and submit them. The teacher explicitely mentioned not to bring a tablet, even going further as to saying that doing that would be silly. A girl who usually brings an iPad to class on a regular basis agreed with the professor and mentioned that "yeah, it's better for consumption". That in itself, proves to me that it has not been put to bed yet.

And on the ecosystem thing I agreed with someone else who posted below that I meant more than that.

Yes, I agree. That too, mindshare is very important. Almost as important as marketshare! I meant to lump this in to my statement but didn't elaborate on it.

Corporate is a very difficult sell for sure. But they tend to cling to old technology much harder than consumers.

I agree with you :), but I was just mentioning that for most people, looking at the world through a different pair of lenses is difficult.

"They are about the same price and the iPad is a far more elegant and simple solution." - Elaborate. You didn't give any substance at all and that's an empty statement. How is it more elegant? It is an accessory. You can bet that the Microsoft marketing blitz will pound on this. They will drive home the point that you can write your term paper on your surface. I guarantee it.

The only good argument against the surface right now is pre-existing ecosystems. People have apps/music/etc purchased on other ecosystems and that makes it tougher to drive home adoption among these 'entrenched' customers. But if the product is appealing enough, that can be overcome. The jury is still out on whether people will drop their iPads in favor of Surfaces.