Re: Biggest problem with Windows phone continues to be mismanagement shocker?
> People are happy if they are told something runs on Windows.
People bought Windows RT devices and found that 'runs on Windows' did not work, and were not happy.
> Having a phone/tablet that is "the same as Windows" on their computer is a good thing in their eyes, because they don't have to learn another OS to use it. Users like familiar, even if it's not exactly optimal.
You have the chronology wrong. Windows Phone brought out a completely new UI (Metro) that was not 'the same as Windows' and did users did not buy it. Consultants advised Microsoft that the reason that it was failing was because of the unfamiliar user interface. MS in its wisdom came up with a scheme to make it 'the most familiar UI in the world' by forcing it down everyone's throats with Windows 8.
Users did not like it - because it was unfamiliar, and, mostly, rejected Windows Phones because it was like the 'hated' new, unfamiliar, Windows UI of 8.
> This is why Microsoft are finally getting the idea and getting rid of the umpteen sub-versions of "not quite Windows" that confused and annoyed users.
They are _not_ getting rid of the umpteen sub-versions, they are merely getting rid of the umpteen different names (RT, Phone, IoT, PC Desktop) and hoping that using just one name will confuse users enough for them to buy the products in spite of some of them still being 'not quite Windows'.