Is Microsoft interested at all in the “techie” types?

A recent comment on Paul Stamatiou’s website gave some good oversight on Microsoft’s goals for their products:

…there are basic needs that Microsoft intends to satisfy with its products, and those are the needs of the following types of people, from all 7 continents – not just northern america where the IP infrastructure is utilized at its utmost capacity:

• average white collar professional who utilizes little more than basic office and IP tools on his/her PC
• the housewife who uses a computer to do very basic tasks such as word process / listen to music / search for recipes or maybe set up her own little website if she’s a bit more advanced ito/ technology
• students who are not even remotely interested in hardware/software/etc. and freak out even if they hear any jargon regarding these topics
• elementary & highschools which need a no-hassle easy to use environment without any customization and an easy access to tech support

the list goes on and on, but i guess you get the picture. their target is not people like you, it’s your grandpa or your 12 year old sister or your pet monkey!

Really good overview and some other comments that were originally centered around a review Paul had of Microsoft’s Messenger service. I encourage you to visit the site to read all the comments and share your thoughts.

Source: Comment from Paul Stamatiou’s website