Teaching an old dog new tricks: How to fix Microsoft – CNN.com.

This is an interesting article, but it doesn’t touch on one of the main problems that MS has… people no longer trust it. 

Take me for example. Two cases:

1- I am looking at creating a site for my consulting company and it was suggested to me to use MS’s application Web Matrix. My first reaction was “Microsoft? My PC will be stuffed with bloatware”. But I went ahead and tried to install it. Sure enough, “XXXXX is required to run this application. Do you want to install?” CONSTANTLY over the next two hours. I finally gave up and uninstalled.

2- I’m a geek, so I’m a PC gamer. I saw in PC Gamer magazine that Microsoft Flight is now free. I remember enjoying the game years back so I decided to be brave and try to download it. It failed on me THREE TIMES due to “network issues” before I gave up again. 

Speaking of, the author says “Who cares about the desktop?” Answer: me and every other PC gamer out there. From what we’ve heard rumored around the campfire, Windows 8 will not be our friend. 

Just my $.02.