honestly the only reason i even use windows is because game developers only seem to develop for DirectX. Thats not going to change anytime soon until a new option becomes available that can work on all OSsTheSniperFan said:
Poll: Do you like Microsoft?
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I really don't mind them. the online thing for the xbox is a joke, but that's why I don't bother paying for it. Windows is okay. GFWL is awful but isn't in many games I play so whatever.
I voted 'No' because Microsoft has stymied as many developments as it has produced. Most egregiously, Microsoft has contributed to the decline in importance of the PC platform for games developers by making it more complicated to develop a game for PC than for console, i.e their bloated and unfairly ubiquitous OS. To hell with Microsoft, I hope the company collapses to make room for smaller and more forward looking companies.
I will admit, after my office just got "upgrade" to Office 2013, I miss whatever was before this. It, and VS2012, have the worst design I've ever seen. It is pretty much just a white block (VS can be turned into a "dark" block, while Office can go to "tiny bit more gray" and "slightly more gray than that" blocks). Not to mention that File, Edit, etc. on some (maybe all) of the applications is in all caps now.Ziame said:YMMV is all I can say. I for one adore 2007 OfficeAssassin Xaero said:and MSDN is fine for me, though I just started my programming journey. Still, VS is pretty amazing
Now that they finally seem to have fucked off with GfWL, I don't really come into contact with them that much. Windows 8 is meant to be shit but since it's apparently tanking, they'll hopefully continue the general rule of every other iteration of Windows being good.
So, meh.
So, meh.
I don't particularly dislike Microsoft, I remember a time when they were better and wish they could be that again and hope that someday they will get better. I've owned several of their hardware products over the years and I've used every version of Windows up to 7 at some point. I've never owned an Xbox of any sort but I've played on them a time or several. I've gone through a couple of Zunes which were\are excellent media players that were just horribly marketed.
Most of all I realize that they are not first and foremost a game company, they are an operating system and productivity software company and the other stuff is just things they do as basically sidelines to make more money.
Most of all I realize that they are not first and foremost a game company, they are an operating system and productivity software company and the other stuff is just things they do as basically sidelines to make more money.
