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Microsoft To Switch Focus To Windows 8 In July 2010
An anonymous reader noted a bit from Ars saying Microsoft will be switching internal focus from Windows 7 to Windows 8 in fiscal year 2010. Microsoft's fiscal year starts in July, which is only eight months away. According to Microsoft's roadmaps, the release of Windows 8 is scheduled for 2012."
... of a larger bank account.
They seem to just want to crank out a new OS as soon as they can leaving users to suffer with the results. Take some time, and build in some value and strength to the OS before moving onto the next one.
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It's not that. The main problem for most consumers is that Microsoft licenses different levels of OS functionality at different price points. If Linux didn't exist, this kind of licensing wouldn't be a big deal, but since you can essentially go from a barebones OS all the way up to a fully featured OS for the same price with Linux, Windows seems less attractive.
When people get fed up with crippled "home" versions and paying more for "ultimate" versions, Linux will surely take off. If Microsoft is unwilling to provide all the features in one simple install, 2010 will be the year of Linux on the Desktop.
Can someone tell me exactly what is new and different from say Win95 to Windows 7?
Sure, they fixed bugs and maybe made it faster...somewhat, but overall it seem as if we are in a Men's Suit shop with racks and racks of suits, the only difference being the shades of gray and single breasted or double breasted.
Where is the innovation? Where is the Wow stuff?
How much has hardware progressed? Has the software actually progressed with it other to become a great fat pig of resources, doing the same stuff it did in 95, only more of it?
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