said by john262:If Vista couldn't kill off Microsoft then neither will Windows 8. Windows 8 might be bad but if so Microsoft will recover by coming out with a better OS next time. Windows 9 anyone? The sheeple will continue to be spoon fed by Microsoft.
It's not really a question of "killing off Microsoft" but an opportunity to show off Linux.
When my elderly Mac was unable to play increasingly common Hi-Def video, I decided to upgrade, at the time I ended with a Laptop that had Vista RTM pre-Loaded. I couldn't deal, and didn't really want to bother with XP either... so I drifted toward Ubuntu (6.10?) on a friend's recommendation, and I loved it.
If I were a betting man, I'd also say that Microsoft will keep pumping Windows 8 for a while, before tossing in the towel, and launching Windows 9, it was that way for Vista, so I don't see why it won't be that way for Windows 8