Well Mr. Holdum, it would seem the honeymoon is over, so to speak, since we're about to have our first argument.
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@captaincranky Nonsense can be a good thing. You don't have all the answers my friend, and neither do I.
First off, allow me to point out that it would appear, you don't have any of the answers to which you're referring. All you've really done is lavish praise upon Techspot, and say what a wonderful and spirited topic this has developed into. There has been no input from you on the actual article.
IMO, your praise, platitudes, and now caveats, haven't done anything in furtherance of that actual topic. It's just filler material, which has the unfortunate effect of separating reply and rebuttal, into a disjointed diatribe.
To suggest that the Windows OS isn't still at the core of M$' as a corporate entity, and isn't directly related to rises and falls in M$' public acceptance of their other products, goes beyond "nonsense", to utter absurdity..
The concrete proof of that, is the fact that after Steve Ballmer put his full support behind Windows 8, which caused a huge loss of revenue, and destroyed public confidence in the OS, particularly in the commercial sector, he conveniently chose to "retire".
When you listen, you will learn and that's a good thing. I wish I were always right about these things, but I have learned that there is always another side to every story.
Perhaps so, but you seem mentally incapable of choosing one side or another, or offer anything of substance to support either side.
This is a great forum and these discussions are allowed.
First of all, this is a sub forum, not the forum in its entirety. Second, that's the whole purpose of this particular sub forum, which is to allow opinion and editorial content from its members on current.technical events.
The "help" amounts to therapy for said members, being able to get their thoughts on said technical events and topics they find interesting or disagree with, off their chests.
This particular sub forum's benefit for Techspot itself, is the voice it gives the membership's concerns, without Techspot itself posting anything contrary to its advertisers wishes and interests.
That's not happening on a lot of help forums so be glad TS allows these discussions.
And again, as I explained in some detail above, this the an "Op-Ed" sub forum. So not only is it permitted, but welcomed
And of course, what else could I have expected from you, but another soft breeze, directed at the rear of staff''s sails, so to speak.
While 10 years tenure here certainly doesn't automatically confer correctness to my contributions, it has allowed me the dignity and status to contribute, in lieu of simply indulging myself in rampant brown nosing of the site's operators.
I'm going back to posting things I hopefully know a little some thing about. Hopefully that's W10 free upgrade. I however have a lot to learn about that also.
