Windows Updates have sometimes been a pain point for users. The update pop-ups can interrupt a movie or a video game, and the automatic restarts can result in lost data or confused users.
Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it.
Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.
I started with Apple, in a pre-Windows era when PCs seemed to involve more of a learning curve. But the fact that I'm yet to acquire so much as a single virus still seems a very good thing.
My wife handles all of our technology. So if something goes wrong with the computer, I throw up my arms and step aside while the IT gal figures it out.
Successful software always gets changed.
Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.
Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.
There are a few very small incompatible changes - I really doubt most people will ever run into them.
Our strategy with DSiWare is the same as with WiiWare in that we want to provide new experiences every week.
I can barely use my iPhone. I can't do Facebook, can't do Twitter, can't do Instagram, none of it.
As a writer, that moment every few years when I buy a new laptop and find out that all the word processing stuff has slightly changed again (stuff I spend every working day using) is like getting into bed at night and finding some mad robot where you expected your wife to be.
I appreciate all the devices the Windows people are coming up with, but the operating system... I just want to smash it.
As for the device we now call a TV or a cable box, I want it to be fast with a clean interface and seamlessly upgradeable to the latest software. I want it to be the primary source of all TV, not an ancillary device.
Windows is the best place; it's the home for the very best Microsoft experiences.
Poirot is a classic character from fiction, not a MacBook Air; he would not benefit from updates.
I have four Macs, four iPads, and two phones, and I upgrade them all to the newest build pretty much every day.
All programming is maintenance programming, because you are rarely writing original code.
If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software.
We're putting all of our energy into making it right. And we have already had several software updates. We've got a huge plan to make it even better. It will get better and better over time. We screwed up. That's the fact.
Early versions of Microsoft Word left a lot to be desired. However, to the company's credit, it quickly learned where Word fell short, made the necessary changes, and repeatedly introduced new versions of the software.
You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.
First, we want to have a direct relationship with our customers wherever we can. On open platforms like PC and Android, it's possible for them to get the software direct from us. We can be in contact with them and not have a third-party distributor in between.
Proprietary software grew up, starting really in the 1980s, as an alternative and that became the dominant model with the rise of companies like Microsoft and Oracle and the like.
Android was intended to be very customizable. And we welcome innovations.
