Panos Panay gets more of the Windows pie

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Report just in from Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet: Microsoft is moving part of the Core OS and Intelligent Edge (COSINE) team under Panay in order to create
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Elly, GreatAndPowerfulTech

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Just more dancing whilst Rome burns…

Anyone else remember when Windows was an eminently-configurable OS that – despite all its quirks – was more or less good, albeit misguided, rather than inherently bad and needed to be fought against?

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Rick Corbett wrote:

rather than inherently bad and needed to be fought against?

Not anymore here, that passed with the GWX campaign and subsequent telemetry patches in order to achieve a ‘smooth’ upgrade transition, however, I do enjoy testing ‘other’ OSes that are improving in stability, compatibility and a more reliable quality of service. YMMV

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Rick Corbett wrote:

Anyone else remember when Windows was an eminently-configurable OS …

It still is.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We were all once "Average Users". We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems, we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

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What needs to change is not who is running Windows program, its how the program is run that needs drastic changes. Lot of Win 10 users from statistics still on 1903. Is it any wonder why this is? People stick with what is working and when they see newer versions not doing so great. Nobody is willing to give that stability up for a potential set of unresolved issues.

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Let’s not go off on yet another rant about how terrible Windows 10 and Microsoft are. People especially businesses have always been very slow to upgrade. The vast majority of retail Windows users used to only upgrade when they got a new PC. Now, they upgrade when a new version of Windows 10 is available. Businesses and some enthusiasts take much more time to upgrade still. Windows 7 still has over 20%. Perhaps you don’t remember how long it took XP to get below 10%. All the wailing about never giving up XP.

In contrast with Rick, I do not feel I’m fighting with Windows 10 get things done. The things I struggle with are the same I’ve struggled with for a very long time with Microsoft products. That is finding detailed information about any subject that currently has my attention. That can be just about anything. Microsoft documentation is fragmented and completely disjointed from my perspective. I still find Windows easy to use even though I regularly have to learn new ways to do some things. I freely admit to having much more experience than the typical user and also having an inclination to like “new shiny things”. I’m aware that skews my views but never the less I don’t think Windows is the hot mess that many here seem to.

--Joe

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I would venture to say the users (that wait to get a new PC to upgrade the OS) are not the ones doing the OS upgrades today; Window 10 is doing it for them.

Just a thought

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