Let's start with the company, it was started by Espstien Lister Bill Gates (who got an STD and begged Epstien for help after fucking one of his Russian human traffiking victims), and rock-vault holder Paul Allen...who seemed to dissappear well before MS-DOS became a household name. Not a single damn thing Microsoft has "innovated" was really an innovation, it was all bought/borrowed/stolen from other people's work....see table below...

In 2025, I began the process of De-Microsofting everything in my house that I could possibly get away with, which is pretty much everything save for my work computer because work requires I use Microsoft, hence the saying "I'll use it if you pay me to use it, but other wise, I'm a linux guy now". I only use Apple for Garage Band demos so otherwise, it's pretty much irrelevant in my personal ecosystem. Even my vintage computers are all running FreeDOS now instead of MS-DOS, I'm just done dealing with Microsoft and their garbage. The fact one of their founders is a Epstien Lister is just the icing on this shit-cake.

HOw our industry ended up this way is the same way all of em' do. Some rich big-wig in a suit and tie up top thinks he knows everything about everything because he has a lot of money, or is good at giving off the perception he does. However, he's usually quite an ignoramus, and usually is, though not always is, a man. So he seeks "the best" and "The best" is always subjective, and also, a comparative statement. If a better O/S came along that I got along better with than Linux Mint, I'd be using that, but until then, that's the top of the list. It's a good introduction and helped me a lot when building my full blown Ubuntu server.

My #1 biggest problem, is Microsoft Windows. It always HAS been. Since Windows 95 came out, it's been the mainstream, and unfortunatley, a problem with a mainstream O/S, and we've seen this as more people migrate to linux as well, is that it draws attention of bad actors to fuck with the O/S for financial and general "fuck with it" purposes in a way that's destructive. Microsoft Windows was a big draw because it had glaring security holes from bugs born when Regan was in office, and tried to grow as a ecosystem too quick. The same exact thing is happenign with A.i. right now. These so-called "Nerds" push things forward ever harder than they probably should without proper testing, introduce it to the mainstream, and cause a myriad of problems...Social Media anybody?

Then to patch up all those holes, and add more "support" for those stupid users around us who can't handle things properly, they introduce "Updates". Updates are essential to all Operating System, all of mine have them, even FreeDOS does (though it comes in the form of an ISO File), but the problem with Microsoft Windows is every update is like one step forward, two steps back. Something gets fixed, ten other things are broken by that goddamn fix. So then comes next months patching, and sure, 5 things might get fixed, but 5 more things are broken again, and usually worse than the initial five things the patch fixed. This is why you come in in the morning to BSODs, Dell Diagnostics, the Bitlocker screen, missing drivers, your networking isn't working like it should, and while I could just shrug on the "paid" side and say "Job Security", and it truly is in a way, it also makes sometimes I.T. far more overwhelming for people when THAT breaks, and you're the one fixing everybody elses crap. There's enough OTHER shit to deal with besides remedying patches - like applying the NEXT round of patches that don't work.

Another problem is Microsoft's myopic view upon the end-user - or End-Luser as they tend to treat them as these days. They tend to assume just about anyone running Windows - doesn't matter if it's your grandma typing e-mails to people who'll reply via text, or a corporate executive trying to organize his safety luncehon, they just assume everyone behind the screen is some kind of room temp IQ imbecile who uses a computer for nothign more than Facebook, Paywall ad-ridden DLC games, and looking at pictures of LolCats. It never ceases to amaze me when I was around them that when Windows 8 was introduced they never bothered to create an Enterprise Configuaration that removed things like Candy Crush Saga or Facebook from the start page. I also wonder how many teams asked to have those things removed because their less productive workers (or more productive workers who were being given demeaning work because they didn't act like an arrogant asshole to everyone but their boss) were spending all goddamn day joking around on Mark Fuckerberg's Fakebook instead of doing their job, like I dunno, making a version of Windows that DOESN'T Suck. But hey, I also caught a dev out in the bushes smoking pot before checking in some code...(he ran before I could figure out who it was).

And god I could go on with how long I was screwed there as so-called "dash trash". Everything from having to deal with an alcoholic co-worker who showed up drunk and watched netflix all day, and wrecked all my tickets with his drunken fixes, to everyone asking why I wasn't considered an SME (Subject Matter Expert) even though I carried a tremendous OneNote with six different manufacturers worth of part numbers, error codes, and other helpful information that would assist my team in fixing stuff. Meahwhile, I was supporing over 5000 end users when the industry standard was 75 to one tech, and nobody could fill in for me if I got sick, had a vacation, or a medical emergency. I always came back 10-20 more tickets thicker and more frustrated. I could go on all day long, but I won't....because this goes beyond getting fucked professionally...

I watched as an end user as Windows 10 sundowned a perfectly good laptop due to dropped driver support, and wished I'd started a betting pool on how Windows 10 wasn't actually going to be "the last version of Windows". But hey, that's American business for you, more lies to get you to drop your cash. Windows 10 was a roller coaster, one minute it was great, next minute it was so awful I was wishing they'd just stopped at Windows 7 and called it quits.

Meanwhile, Windows 11 has been a fucking nightmare. Personally I was constantly answering up for why my wife's damn laptop had automatic updates taking up the boot time half the damn time because she only used it once in a blue fucking moon. Professionally, I have had to answer up for the same as mechinisms design for professioanl IT asset management fail to carry out their duties properly during and ever since it's release. It tried it on a goddamn surface, it cut performance down by HALF! After awhile I decided, why do I keep torturing myself at home with this shit. I don't need it, I get paid to work with it all day long, and while I don't like it, I can fix it, and while it irritates me to hell, it's far easier when it's putting food on the table. So that's the only reason I'll work with it anymore, money. I'm not changing my methods, or quality of work, just chaging my outside point-of-view. After all, there are mechanics who hate Dodge, but they'll work on and fix that Dodge up to the best of their abilities, because it's not their car, and maybe it does something for someone else.

But this website isn't a professional endeavor, it's a PERSONAL endeavor, and I'd like to keep it that way. So for when I'm off the clock, no more Windows. It's not like it really changes THAT much from release to release. Having been around all the alphas, betas, and other early releases of Microsoft products for a total of 7 whooping years, I have their methods and feel down for this stuff. I'm just not entertaining it in my home anymore, and as such, won't be writing anymore tutorials for it on my website. I think both retro and modern needs to start looking to the future to ensure it's long-term continued ability to be used.