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microkid··on A "real" user proves Windows 8 fails on the desktop
When you click Start and see a textbox which is labeled search, do you not think, what if I type "add remove". Google has taught me this, so when I see search I expect to enter keywords or search criteria and that expected results are returned.

Guess what it works.

Classic what? Click what? Where's what?

Just search for it.

Implying the rest just seems archaic, especially from a user perspective.

microkid··on Bill Gates: "Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable?"
How about you just click download?

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-beta

microkid··on Google ditches Windows on security concerns
No offense, but level playing field is ridiculous.

Think about what you're saying, you're saying Google is going to sit there and review all of the source code, and all patches and new releases to that source code. Really? Do you actually believe this...

As per China having the source, do you really think it matters? If someone wants to break in, they're going to get in... (regardless if its Windows/Linux/Mac) why... because that's their job and they are going to spend every minute of every day until they figure it out, and that's what makes them better than you. Majority of the time the issue is not software itself, but the policies in place. Hell, why even break in technically, when I can probably call one of these 10,000 employees up and they'll give me their password. Duh.

If you believe security is 1-dimensional, then you are bound to fail. History has shown this time and time again, just read a book / biography in regards to this topic.

microkid··on PPK: "Apple is not evil. iPhone developers are stupid."
Why not create an iPhone app, which is simply a WebKit view dedicated to your web app?

The client see's it as a "iPhone app" you can host/sell it in the store, but it's really just a web app.

(Maybe there's a restriction on this, but I can't see why there would be...)