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Don't like Windows 8? Stick around til next years release.....
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"Way back in August, three months before the release of Windows 8, we learned about the existence of a project at Microsoft codenamed Blue. At the time it wasn't clear whether this was Windows 9, or some kind of interim update/service pack for Windows 8. Now, if unnamed sources are to be believed, Windows Blue is both of those things: a major update to Windows 8, and also the beginning of a major shift that will result in a major release of Windows every 12 months — just like Apple's OS X.
Glad their sticking to it. They've been wanting to tighten their timeline since Vista came out. With Windows 8 being a success thus far, I can't wait to see their strategy going forward.
I think it will create a paradigm shift in how IT operates. I'm sure that Microsoft will be supporting of easy migrations.
I wonder if they'll offer more subscription based pricing models for both, home users and businesses.
If they expect large organizations to just blindly update everyone's OS every time a "new" one comes out, the process had better be f-ing flawless and not break anything. Oh, sorry, that new version of Windows Microsoft pushed last night just disabled 50,000 PCs.
If they expect large organizations to just blindly update everyone's OS every time a "new" one comes out, the process had better be f-ing flawless and not break anything. Oh, sorry, that new version of Windows Microsoft pushed last night just disabled 50,000 PCs.
I don't think that's a practical way to push out any type of upgrade.
I wonder how many OS's they plan on supporting at a time? They're currently still patching 4 desktop OS's going back 11 years. Are they going to start cutting support for OS's that are several versions, but not too many years, behind?
I think of it as just another way Microsoft can squeeze more money out of their customers....
Make a couple of GUI changes and some some kernel stuff that would have come out in an SP anyway and VOLIA!
The new Windows for ONLY $110.00!!!!!!!!! (single system license of course....)
Pathetic....
I don't know what Microsoft's expectations are, but Windows 8 is kind of surprising to me. I didn't think many people would upgrade from Windows 7 given how solid Windows 7 is. Windows 8 doesn't have much to offer immediately.
Yet, Windows 8 is outsold Windows 7 in their first months respectively. Given that Windows 7 was an upgrade from an OS that many did not like, I consider that quite impressive.
I'll bet this is part of the coding for all new versions of their operating system too!
Windows Blue == Microsoft $$Green$$
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