"I tried scoping to Media stuff. Still no moviemaker. I typed in movie. Nothing. I typed in movie maker. Nothing. So I gave up and sent mail to Amir saying - where is this Moviemaker download? Does it exist? So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated."
Bill Gates, "Windows Usability Systematic degradation flame" via SAI
Encountering Uusability debacles like this are why I've stopped wasting my time even bothering to try Microsoft operating systems (and why I even try to avoid using MS Office on my MacBook.) If I find it frustrating, with a C.S. degree from MIT, how the hell is any regular person supposed to enjoy using the platform? At the least, MSFT needs to consider splitting Windows into two products - a wonky, swiss knife platform meant for business users with sysadmins, and a super reliable, simplified product for "normal" consumer users.
When you switch over to using a Mac, you realize the amount of time you spent fighting the platform in Windows (and/or simply not getting what you want) is absolutely appalling.
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