Monday, December 16, 2013

Microsoft’s Windows 8 Is Such a Mess Hewlett-Packard Is Now Teaching People How to Use It

Confused by Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT  ) Windows 8? You're not alone. Microsoft's hardware partner, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ  ) , is going to great lengths to explain the operating system to potential customers, launching a website for such a purpose.
The decision to essentially do Microsoft's work for it highlights HP's dependency on Microsoft, although the company has been working to reduce it by strengthening its partnership withGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) .
Windows 8 adoption has been poorReception of Microsoft's latest operating system has been mixed. Recent data from Net Applications shows that adoption of Microsoft's Windows 8 continues to lag far behind Windows 7 even a year after its release.
Microsoft's hardware part…

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