So 70%-80% (taking a guess) of their user base will not like the new Windows or want to bother with learning it. That doesn't sound like great news for Microsoft.
I don't think the best way to deal with disruptions is to force most of your current customers into the new paradigm. You need to convince them, one at a time, that they should use the new one. It should all be organic. Instead what Microsoft is doing feels a lot like Google+, where Google just tries to force a social network on everyone. Facebook and Twitter grew organically, not by getting AOL or whoever, to force them on their existing database of users.
Microsoft tries their best to force Metro on you in Windows 8, because that's the most convenient strategy for them, not the user.
>> Microsoft tries their best to force Metro on you in Windows 8, because that's the most convenient strategy for them, not the user
Not sure why you say that. Wouldn't it be better if the same metro UI that I see on my tablet is also on my phone and my xbox thus making it more predictable how I use them?
Wouldn't me as a developer be happier that the app I write can run on both the phone and a laptop with minor or no modifications?
What if I as a customer doesn't have to pay twice for that app?
What if by combining platforms, improvements are delivered faster and are more consistent? Would I as a user be happier with it?
I don't think the best way to deal with disruptions is to force most of your current customers into the new paradigm. You need to convince them, one at a time, that they should use the new one. It should all be organic. Instead what Microsoft is doing feels a lot like Google+, where Google just tries to force a social network on everyone. Facebook and Twitter grew organically, not by getting AOL or whoever, to force them on their existing database of users.
Microsoft tries their best to force Metro on you in Windows 8, because that's the most convenient strategy for them, not the user.