I recently saw this comment. You made it a few weeks ago, copy and paste identical.

Not OP, but I've got a friend of a friend in the Windows org that backs this up. Most engineers are teamed up by manufacturers. HP team, Lenovo team, etc. These are the primary drivers of feature development. If it won't sell grandma another $500 HP laptop, they're not interested.

	▲	DoctorDabadedoo 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's B2B/Enterprise in the driver's seat to keep revenue coming. Usability and polishing of the products is locked in the trunk of the car. source: been there.
	▲	jm4 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Interesting. Sounds not too much unlike Linux.

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natas 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’ve included this here because it’s highly relevant to the discussion. That said, anything not closely tied to revenue will not be prioritized, which limits the impact of this microsoft post.

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xbar 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I noticed that, too. However, I will say that having a couple weeks to watch Microsoft through the lens of the original post, I am inclined to adopt it as my current model for Microsoft's actual agenda.

As a result, I do not currently think that Microsoft is consumer-oriented. They have reinforced my opinion by doing anti-consumer changes in XBOX and then saying that they were pro-gamer. Seems like a pattern.

Maybe they will prove me wrong; I am sun-setting my final host that's running their software soon.

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itsfine2 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223342