Windows 8 is a Mess
A confusing product like Windows 8 is what you end up with when you involve too many focus groups on a single project. As a system builder I won't touch it, till I'm forced to. I am stocked-up on enough Win7 OEM install packs to last me through 2014.
First off, no one should ever have to go to this much trouble just to create a start button, that should never have been removed in the first place. And Greg while you are at it, don't forget to include the other article links on how to create a shutdown icon and a stand-by icon as well. MS should include a free download for StarDock's, Start-8 product, until they can issue a major update to Win8, to replace the missing start menu code. All these years we have been trained to expect more in each new version of Windows, not less? This offer would be limited to the desktop and laptop users who were mislead into buying what they thought was Windows on their new PC's.
Windows 8 should never have been marketed for desktops and laptop computers in its current configuration. Even naming it Windows 8 is a misnomer and is simply using the Windows brand recognition to market a product that is not designed for productive use, on either desktop or laptop computers. Windows 8 should have been marketed as Windows Metro For Tablet Computers. A separate full version, without the start menu code missing, should have been marketed separately as Windows 8. They could also charge the regular higher prices for the full featured version as well. Gee it took a system builder to figure that one out. Another advantage of marketing two separate product lines, is that the stock holders are protected, in the event the new tablet product line tanks. By combining all of their code eggs into one big basket, if it sinks, so does the mother-ship. Not so smart product marketing on MS's part. I think that Windows 8 when all is settled and done will make the "New Coca Cola" and Windows ME look like marketing genius.
Microsoft's board needs to get the guts to fire/retire most of the executives running MS and get some fresh blood into the company before the stock ends up tanking. They also need to hire some experienced product marketing people.
