To be sure, the firm is still pushing Windows hard, and not only in PCs and its own phones.
In fact, its sole interest appears to be in pushing Windows Media as the format of choice for online streaming and archiving.
Blocking Windows 10 I certainly agree that Microsoft overstepped the mark in pushing Windows 10, sometimes pre-downloading part or all of the code (check your C: drive for a hidden folder called $Windows.~BT), and in some cases, trying to install it.
It has a rival plan to take control of your TV set by pushing Windows CE and a Havi-incompatible alternative known as Hapi.
It has a rival plan to take control of your TV set by pushing Windows CE and a Havi-incompatible alternative known as Hapi (home application programming interface).
As investors reel from the backwash of the Facebook IPO, Microsoft chooses the moment to start pushing Windows 8.
So while we could argue that Windows 8.X (by that I mean Windows 8 and 8.1 combined) beats the Apple Mac Store, I'm not sure if that proves much, given how Microsoft is pushing Windows 8.X on tablets.
HP think has two goals in mind for selling, and pushing Windows 7 machines at this moment: Increase its unit volume by selling machines more comfortable to its customer base, and reducing the cost of support for newly sold systems.
Microsoft has been pushing Windows on low-end PC makers by giving away XP licenses, but once 7 comes out that will seem a little ridiculous, especially considering how well 7 is likely to work with the light hardware.
Create a high-stakes black market for window envelopes wherein dealers who sell the item — "carriers," in the parlance, who "push window" — linger furtively in urban parklands mumbling "Window, window".
