Gut-Check Time For Windows 8, Microsoft

theodp writes "GeekWire reports that, for better or worse, the upcoming week is shaping up as one of the most pivotal in Microsoft's history, as the software giant makes its pitch for Windows 8 at two important conferences. First, Microsoft will be huddling with hardware and software developers beginning Tuesday at its sold-out BUILD conference ('BUILD will show you that Windows 8 changes everything'), where it's rumored that Samsung will unveil a Windows 8 tablet. And on Wednesday, CEO Steve Ballmer and other execs will be holding the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting, which was delayed from its traditional summer date to allow the company to put its Windows 8 strategy in context for Wall Street. So, are we about to finally see the realization of Microsoft's vision for Information at Your Fingertips (Part 2), which Bill Gates introduced with a hokey video at Comdex 1994?"

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Re:Keep Selling Windows 7

[hairyfeet]

Yes because GUIs are for squares daddy-o! Interfaces should stay in the era of disco and bell bottoms, when RMS calling everyone hackers wasn't just out of date, and when PDP11 and neckbeards were the way to go!

So please, enjoy your ancient terminal, and make sure it comes with a free neckbeard and lack of hygiene, meanwhile the other 99.9998% of the planet will enjoy the 21st century, where we have these really nice GUIs that make everything simple.

And what are you do with a storage device? Real men carry their kernel on punchcards. That is how the REAL men did it! Now quit being a lazy ass and get punching kid!