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Can Windows 8 Succeed In a Cloud-Based World?
New submitter Nerval's Lobster writes "To say that Microsoft has a lot riding on Windows 8 is a bit of an understatement. The upcoming OS needs to prove that Windows can stay relevant in a world where desktop-based programs are increasingly giving way to cloud apps, and mobile devices are eclipsing PCs as the center of people's computing lives. Can Windows 8 succeed in that mission? The real answer will have to wait, but in the meantime I've laid out some potential success-or-failure factors over at SlashCloud."
Looks like every other tech blog out there. Will we come one day soon to find the slashdot home page covered with tiled pictures in Metro style as seems to be the new (and unusable) norm for many popular tech sites?
At least the summary you posted here (and I'm guessing this didn't go through firehose) admits that the headline has a question that can't be answered. Since it can't be answered, why post it? We'll find out how Windows 8 does when Windows 8 is released.
Why is "slashcloud" added while basic things like 'related articles' are still broken? (Seriously - "Rand Paul has a Quick Fix for TSA" is related to this article in some way? Not to mention that the Related links all seem to pull from the same pool of five articles.)
I know these are kindof a backup plan in jounalism when you have nothing real to report, but can we please avoid these FUD articles headlined by a doubtfully posed rhetorical questions and little or no content? If you can answer the headline with 'yes' or 'no' and move on, it was probably a waste of time and ultimately pointless.