Business users don’t care so much about eye candy and want to do their work quickly and efficiently, but are usually willing to invest some time learning tools. Home users want lots of eye candy, an appliance form factor, and point-and-click ease of use. I predict there will be pressure on Microsoft to re-establish the dichotomy between home and business OS’s. I may be off base, but I get the impression Microsoft thinks that the PC desktop is a mature industry and it’s time to provide a common appliance to accesses the things that people want most, as opposed to an open-ended box inviting unlimited customization.ĥ. File folders in the “My Documents” windows? I had heard that Microsoft was replacing the hierarchical file system with an OODB – of course Cairo was supposed to provide that too, back in 1996.Ĥ. But maybe this is just the default shell we’re seeing.ģ. The task orientation seems better suited towards the home than business, where solutions providers would probably prefer to customize the desktop experience at a lower level. jelly bean buttons) but Apple will probably also be taking from them.Ģ. The screens look good (especially bluejeans.jpg :-).
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