[rescue] Win 8 FUD - was Re: NeXTSTEP or OPENSTEP?

[Raymond Wiker]

On 11 Aug 2014, at 19:54 , Laurence Brevard <brevard at 1or0.com> wrote:

>  On 11 August 2014 19:05, Raymond Wiker <rwiker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You realise that this amounts to throwing away and replacing all
>  the stuff
>> that people are actually complaining about?
>
>  You know, this is really so far from the truth that it amounts to
>  bare-faced FUD.
>
>  The *only* significant difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8 is
>  that the Start menu has been replaced with the Start Screen, i.e. the
>  Modern interface.

My point was that the Start Screen and the Modern Interface applications is
*exactly* what people are complaining about. Example: the Mail application is
(probably) acceptable on a tablet with limited screen real estate and no
keyboard, but  for a desktop PC, it makes no sense whatsoever. Live Mail is a
much better candidate on a desktop PC; it is free but has to be downloaded
separately.