Microsoft: That Windows 8 “New Coke” Analogy Is Silly

Microsoft: That Windows 8 “New Coke” Analogy Is Silly

May 12, 2013 at 3:14 am PT

Will the launch of Microsoft’s forthcoming update to Windows 8 next month be the company’s “New Coke” moment? Is its rumored plan to revive the traditional “Start” button it killed when it debuted Windows 8 a massive and humiliating reversal of course, following an ill-conceived reimagining of the company’s flagship product?

Not according to Microsoft.

According to Microsoft, Windows 8 is a good product that’s steadily improving, and recent suggestions by the media that it is turning into a “New Coke”-style disaster are pure sensationalism. And in an unusual company blog bost, Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s VP of corporate communications, dismissed them as exactly that, suggesting they favored “hyperbole” over “nuanced analysis.”

“Windows 8 is a good product, and it’s getting better every day,” Shaw wrote. “Unlike a can of soda, a computer operating system offers different experiences to different customers to meet different needs, while still moving the entire industry toward an exciting future of touch, mobility, and seamless, cross-device experiences.”
Microsoft Responds to Windows 8 Critics - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD
 
"New Coke!" Now WHY didn't *I* Think of that Bwfhahahaha!

And when you think about it, "New Koke" pretty much incited the exact same reaction to it's consumers as Windows 8 is Having.

Or, Poor Poor Piddly Microsoft-manthing. To be compared to COKE, not even a Denebian Slime-Devil like Kirk was! "Deneb-Cach!" as they they on Qonos! Windows 8 is "Deneb-Cach!" Hahaha. Verengan HOOH!

Oh, the irony and the agony!
 

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The "New Coke" Analogy is right on the only difference is that M$ will press on, Windows 8 is worse than I can imagine. I talked to my brother about Windows 8 he has been a M$ fan forever he is now a Mac man and all the doctors that he works with that have ordered new computers have sent them back they want no part of Windows 8. How many Windows 8 computers that show up as sold have been returned? That number is most likely in the millions could be even in the 10s of millions. The OEMs are saying that M$ has handed over millions of there customers to Mac does not look like a lie to me. Yes M$ you need to learn to eat Crow Pie.
 

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Steady on.

They have already said they are going to make substantial changes as a result of "listening".

It is worth keeping up the information - so they know people haven't just given in - and that MS really do need to make those substantial changes.

We don't know what they mean by that yet.

The OEMs are saying that M$ has handed over millions of there customers to Mac does not look like a lie to me.

Yes, that is likely.
 

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Well, I doubt it.

CrApple's share of the pc market is actually pretty small. It'll stay small while they keep overcharging and gouging prices. People don't want to pay an 'Apple Tax' on their computer.
 

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When he said Mac, he meant Apple - Google is a beneficiary too.
 

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Microsoft: That Windows 8 “New Coke” Analogy Is Silly


Microsoft says= automatic dismissal.

Yes, 'serious' users seem to have been abandoned in order to cater to content-consumers, the computer-illiterate, kids, and the 'fashionistas'.

Things aren't looking good for the 'serious' power-user, and that's a real shame. Their loss will be regretted.
 

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Wow I wish the "media" would give me credit for the "New Coke" analogy. :dinesh:

I was the one that initially spoke of this right here on EightForums.com.

I wish I could find the post topic I created.
 

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Cokie will tell you it is for all users. Built around people. You can do everything. No compromises.
 

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Cokie will tell you it is for all users. Built around people. You can do everything. No compromises.

Funnily enough I think that's exactly correct.

What cant you do? I can do anything I want with 8.
 

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I can do anything I want with 8.

You can?....well I can't set a default boot directly to desktop or have the use of a TRADITIONAL start button that takes me straight to the menu.

WITHOUT adding a third party program.

Something that all recent previous iterations of Windows let me do.:huh:
 

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What cant you do? I can do anything I want with 8.

Me can no use in good con-science. Me do not want to add to decline of pc and play in box of sand made by money people.
 

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Well, last I checked, Classic Shell or Start 8 and quite a few other programs offer that, so what's the big deal?
 

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Well, last I checked, Classic Shell or Start 8 and quite a few other programs offer that, so what's the big deal?



You must work for MS...

Did you actually READ my entire recent post?:huh:

I do NOT want to use a third party application for critical and basic interface issues. This just adds the potential for problems.
 

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Well, last I checked, Classic Shell or Start 8 and quite a few other programs offer that, so what's the big deal?



You must work for MS...

Did you actually READ my entire recent post?:huh:

I do NOT want to use a third party application for critical and basic interface issues. This just adds the potential for problems.

I work at a school helping kids with learning problems, so no, I don't work for MS.

If a 3rd party program is reputable and works well I see no issue. I have used 3rd party solutions for what I consider to be very important things for years. Have had zero problems. This is a manufactured issue.

The solution is right there and you people don't want it. Well, I think that makes you whiners. If MS 'fixed it' , you'd all just find something else to get cut up about.

Some people just like complaining I guess.
 

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