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Windows 10 Successor Codenamed 'Redstone,' Targeting 2016 Launch

Posted by Soulskill on from the please-just-call-it-windows-11 dept.

MojoKid writes: Windows 10 isn't even out the door yet, so what better time than now to talk about its successor? Believe it or not, there's a fair bit of information on it floating around already, including its codename: "Redstone." Following in the footsteps of 'Blue' and 'Threshold', Redstone is an obvious tie-in to Microsoft's purchase of Minecraft, which it snagged from Mojang last year. Redstone is an integral material in the game, used to create simple items like a map or compass as well as logic gates for building electronic devices, like a calculator or automatic doors. The really important news is that we could see Windows Redstone sometime in 2016.

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  1. Re:Hmm by kingbyu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Except that you need to track their consumer Windows versions in order: Windows 3.1 - Good, Win95 - Bad (Then OK with SP2), Win98 - Good, WinME - Very Bad, WinXp - Good, Visa - Bad, Win7 - Good, Win8 - Bad Bad.
    (Don't put WinME out of order and don't mix in Win2k if you aren't also going to include Windows NT)

  2. Re: Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Windows ME good? What dimension are you from?

  3. Oh look by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Another Windows story. That part is okay, but way too many peopple seem to want to drop into the never clever discussion:

    Slashdotter 1: Every other version of Windows sucks.

    Slashdotter 2: No, because your not counting Windows blahblahblah

    Slashdotter 3: Hey, we're not talking about non professional second service packs, were talking about versiions that have thisorthat.

    Y'all are assembling a Beowulf cluster of asininity, and Netcraft confirms it.

    --
    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
  4. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Microsoft doesn't care. It wants more people to buy its Windows phones and tablets, and use more of its own ecosystem stuff: Bing, Outlook, Skype, Cortana.

    The desktop PC monopoly is only used as a leverage for other things, because Microsoft is jealous of Apple (hardware) and Google (software and services).

    MIcrosoft changed its CEO, but it is business as usual.