Google still wins for searches related to writing code and interpreting errors.

Actually, I found that Bing does very well with this.

Exactly, As long as theres PC gamers, there will be PCs.
PC are not dead.... not for a long time.

It' was more -1 Hurt my feelings

due to this: "just wish open source guys would move on from the 90's already." Also you said something positive about MS on slashdot.

Most linux user won't use Visual Studio, because it's from MS and is not free(as in free speech and as in free beer).

But I do agree with you, .Net is great would be awesome if it came to Linux.

"When was the last time you saw people get excited about a new Microsoft product?"

The Kinect

According to some comments on the mini microsoft blog [blogspot.com], between 50% and 80% of what few WP7 phones

According to some comments on some blog, Android devices have a 99% return rate. It's true because it was a comment posted by an anonymous on some google blog.
Sadly though... your comment was modded +5 insightful without giving any real evidence. Also this is only happening to a few phones, (what I've read is the minority). This is their first phone update, there's bound to be a few problems here and there.

What about Microsoft own public license. That's open source, is that banned too?

"Um, since when did WP7 have a nice app ecosystem? "
It has a lot of apps for the amount of time it's been out. It has over 8000, which isn't bad for the few months its been out.

"What are you smoking? WP7 - community. "
It has the .Net Community as well as the Windows Mobile community. MSDN is huge.

". I personally do not want your Windows or any other Microsoft offering on any of my phones... any mobile platform... PERIOD."

But of course is you. There are people who like Windows Phones.

I find Mobile Office quite useful, a few weeks my last job contract ended and I had my Resume on my phone. I was able to make quick edits when needed and sent it out to interviewers.


The OneNote is also nice to make quick notes that you can access from your phone or your windows live account.

As for the lack of carriers, they're coming to Verizon later this year.

" lagging in features "multitasking, cut and paste, and custom ring tones." most of this stuff will be there by march. Plus I can multitask with the phone right now, just not with 3-rd party apps. I can still listen to music, while texting, or writing email or surfing the web. I can't imagine what other multitasking i need. As for copy paste, I've only seen a use for it very few times. Custom Ringtones is also not a big deal, but would be nice.

". Small library of applications." Well yeah.. it just came out. It's growing fast for the time it's been out.

"Thing is people are pretending that this is Microsoft's first OS in the Mobile space. It isn't called WP7 for nothing folks." This may not be their first phone, but they rewrote the OS.

Why did you get modded down?

I agree with you, (and would mod you up if I had points). This is good news for Nokia.

I do too. Some people do like the WP7 OS and think that Nokia phones coming with WP7 is great news.

Wrong place for saything something that isn't negative about Microsoft and their products.

It's not too bad, I think I'll get use to it and learn to love it.

It has a shiny UI but it is missing nearly all of the features, power, and flexibility that made me like WM5/6

Which is sad, but most consumer didn't want that in a phone. They wanted an iPhone, so MS attempted to give them what they wanted.

WP7 isn't terrible, still a good OS(love my HTC Surround), it'll be better if it wasn't trying to be like iOS.