Gartner Analyst Retracts "Windows 8 Is Bad" Claim

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @12:42AM from the mmmm-kay? dept.

nk497 writes "A Gartner analyst made headlines after describing Windows 8 desktop as: 'in a word: bad.' After web reaction, including one story asking why anyone bothers to listen to the consultancy firm anymore, Gunnar Berger has now yanked the offending sentence from his blog post, saying it was taken out of context and only applied to using the desktop with a mouse and keyboard, and that overall Windows 8 is a good thing. 'If you look at my blog, I've gotten rid of it,' he said. 'It's upsetting me that it's being taken completely out of context.'"

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No, we understand the "Context" just fine. by na1led · 2012-07-24 00:53 · Score: -1, Troll

Most of us who have tried Windows 8, know how bad the UI is. Microsoft is trying to polish this Turd, and wants you to like it.

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