Microsoft on installing Windows 8 to 30,000 employees

[JMH]

Windows 8 may technically be at its RTM stage, but there is still the matter of actually installing the new Windows operating system. As you might expect, Microsoft has already been installing the OS on its own PCs.

In a new blog post on the official Microsoft Enterprise blog, the company talks about the massive task of upgrading their PCs to Windows 8. The blog said that, as of the middle of July, Microsoft has installed the Windows 8 Release Preview version on over 30,000 PCs. Nearly 30,000 Microsoft employees are now working with Windows 8. Microsoft calls this early adoption process "dogfood" because, " ... we’re eating our own dogfood."

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-on-installing-windows-8-to-30000-employees

 

[AceInfinity]

Microsoft is pushing this new OS too much. I wonder what their plans are here. There has to be some reason why they want to force this so much. I just don't see why, you shouldn't have to force things. Usually good things just flow, but if you force something, you'll never know if it's really a good idea or not, so you run a possible risk there. Who's behind enforcing this to this extent?... :confused2:

 

[cluberti]

How is releasing a new OS every 3 years forcing anything? Had XPSP2 not happened, Vista would have released ~3 years after XP too. Also, the market has moved on from the traditional PC, sales-wise (people can argue the PC is not dead, but it's sales figures are). Microsoft makes software (surface aside), so whatever sells the best is likely to be the target for Microsoft's software.

 

[AceInfinity]

How is releasing a new OS every 3 years forcing anything? Had XPSP2 not happened, Vista would have released ~3 years after XP too. Also, the market has moved on from the traditional PC, sales-wise (people can argue the PC is not dead, but it's sales figures are). Microsoft makes software (surface aside), so whatever sells the best is likely to be the target for Microsoft's software.

I never said anything about it being forced because a new OS was released every 3 years. :confused2: That's nothing like what I said.

so whatever sells the best is likely to be the target for Microsoft's software.

Windows 8 is an operating system, the software is generally considered what gets installed onto it. They don't know what sells though because they haven't released much with Windows 8 that requires payment though (other than an MSDN subscription for earlier previews of the builds of Windows 8 possibly, but there's other reasons to why a user might buy an MSDN subscription too). They've forced the idea of Windows 8 before an official version had even came out.

They mentioned that the start menu change was up for consideration, and based on feedback from the consumers, would it be decided that it was a permanent change or not. They now force a Windows 8 boot, among other things, whether people like it or not:

https://www.sysnative.com/forums/sh...tion-Microsoft-is-taking-Windows-8-tough-luck
https://www.sysnative.com/forums/sh...-to-Metro-with-Windows-8-and-you-will-like-it

Time is irrelevant, it's the actions Microsoft is taking to try and promote. I just think they are making a slight mistake. They should be trying to listen to the real consumers out there, not just MVP's or Microsoft Employees who may or may not have a biased view, but most likely. Truth is, those people, even summed up are the minority. The real consumers are the people who aren't experts with Windows.

They rely on the "experts" of the communities to provide feedback and help them with ideas, and to help them improve, or provide support for certain things. But in the end, we really need to consider the needs of the majority, which is mostly the "average" or "non-experts".

Now you take away most of what they are used to, and they are lost:

Is Windows 8 really "simple" right from the get go?