said by CylonRed:I think if they returned to the 2 year cycle - I think they would stop pretty quickly for lack of adopters to make money. Quality is more important to more folks than quantity. Quantity of OSs in a time period does not equal quality and in fact - if usually not the case and has been seen in their OSs in the past... I don't think they want to get back to the "Wait till the first SP before even thinking of buying" mantra. They may finally see the folly in that.
However quality does not equal years in production. Look at vista the release was disastrous due to all the changes it took in one release. Windows 7 had a MUCH shorter development time and the release is superb.