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Market Share Estimates Confirm That Vista 10 Failed in a Major Way

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Summary: Confirmatory evidence that Vista 10 is failing in the market about a month after its much-hyped (paid coverage) release

MUCH as we expected even well before Vista 10 came out, the market is overwhelmingly apathetic, regardless of the price. It's just not interested in Vista 10.



"Microsoft has been on a tear with Windows 10 updates," Ryan wrote in our #techrights IRC channel (he used to be a Microsoft MVP and he follows Microsoft very closely). "It hasn't even been a month and they've apparently already patched so many bugs it's like an entire service pack has happened."

"Vista 10 adoption is pathetic, especially when one considers the cost of an 'upgrade'."Vista 10 is clearly a failure (technically speaking and also in terms of sales), so Microsoft now wants to attract GNU/Linux users into its arms (to suffocate them with lock-in). It has gotten so bad that Microsoft (through Yahoo) is entering old versions of Ubuntu for surveillance purposes. If Canonical is pressured by Mozilla to make Firefox link to Microsoft (through Yahoo as a proxy/middleman), then users should move to IceWeasel or IceCat, if not drop Ubuntu altogether. There have also been several articles recently about how Microsoft was trying to sneak its surveillance and propaganda engine into Android.

At IDG, a Microsoft booster (strong professional ties to Microsoft) comes out with "False dichotomy," to quote iopkh. "The real answer is move to GNU/Linux."

"One common concern right now is privacy, not just the heap of serious bugs."Vista 10 adoption is pathetic, especially when one considers the cost of an 'upgrade'. This week it's said that "Windows 10 now has 5.95 per cent of the desktop operating systems market, according to the folks at StatCounter."

That's hardly a gain since a week ago. "Windows 10's growth has slowed, according to StatCounter Global Stats," which means that it will possibly plateau at around 10%, despite so many people being 'eligible' for a 'free' 'upgrade'.

One common concern right now is privacy, not just the heap of serious bugs. One has to wonder if Microsoft’s secret (proprietary) code in Vista 10 implements any callback functions for option buttons that relate to privacy. It is worth pursuing these questions. Did Microsoft add privacy 'controls' for a false sense of control or is this a bug? Is this just being disguised as a bug but is actually intentional? A lot of people were surprised that Microsoft does not obey privacy preferences from users; maybe they forgot it's a company of cheaters and liars, not to mention bribes. Watch what Microsoft is still up to in Munich.

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