If you don't like the direction Microsoft is taking Windows 8, tough luck

[JMH]

Choice. It’s something that all free people crave. We want the right to choose, whether it’s what we eat, where we live or how we arrange our furniture. Generally speaking, we don’t like being told what to do. Nor do we like it when some impersonal agency imposes its will upon our freedoms.

Case in point: Microsoft’s decision to force users to boot to the Windows 8 Start Screen. Instead of giving us the option (choice) of going directly to the desktop, Microsoft divisional president Steven Sinofsky and friends are saying it’s “their way or the highway”. Any attempts to deviate from their approved usage model will not be tolerated, and if you try to code around us, we’ll shut you down. Period.

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[AceInfinity]

I don't have a problem with the direction they took Windows 8, it was experimental I'm sure, something new. I just won't like it if this is the direction they decide to take Windows in general for the future. They need to consider their customers, otherwise they may become an increasingly unfavoured group as time progresses, and people will move to Apple, or something like Linux if it's really desktop based.

Any attempts to deviate from their approved usage model will not be tolerated, and if you try to code around us, we’ll shut you down. Period.

:lol: You know this will happen. I know of a full online community of people who would do this for the learning experience, as creating custom Windows booting is their entire hobby. Just for their own personal use though; custom scripts, bootmgr, etc...

Actually I know of 2 or 3 full online communities that revolve around Windows booting and the boot process.