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[poll] What will happen with Win8?

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O MS will do exactly what they did with the colossal failure named Vista
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Its even worse when you realize they were almost giving it away for several months.

The first thing Microsoft needs to do is oust Steve Ballmer. This company has been completely adrift since Bill Gates left.

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You need to add another option along the lines of:

Microsoft Won't Do Anything

I think the last 2 options more or less cover "won't do anything" w.r.t. Win8.

As for "oust Ballmer" -- while that's a viable (an possible!) option, that's only tangentially related to this poll.

MS released two SPs for Vista while quietly abandoning it, so as far as I concern, that's also covered.

Lastly, innovation is a bit tricky. They had some innovations that were way ahead of their time, but true enough, most of what they do now is not something they came up. In any case, innovation is not a measure of business success -- revenue, income, ROI, etc., are much better suited for that.
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My expectation is that they'll continue their path of arrogance and not do what people want but will instead do what some high paid developer tells them is best, then Microsoft will insist we do it their way because it's better.

Or in other words they'll continue to screw over their loyal fan base, the people that used Windows because they actually liked Windows.

At least Apple is loyal...

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My vote was 7. There are reasons for SP's that have nothing to do with how successful the OS is. A SP is a sales pitch, something to put on the side of a package to help them sell a few more units. And since all they really have to do is gather up a bunch of previous updates and then stock pile a month of new updates, its a cost effective way to drive sales. I don't think they are going to ditch Metro either just because they have put so much money into getting that into the public eye that unless they pull a "New Coke" it would be hard to change without eating some humble pie....which Microsoft does not do. They prefer Apple Pie.

With that said, what I "hope" they do is just completely separate Windows 8 from Metro. Metro is a....usable UI under the correct circumstances, on it's own, and if released to developers for free for portable devices, I think it could pull a decent amount of market share from Android and iOS. JMHO

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I think all of this has been outlined in tech articles. Presumably,....

Windows Blue will be released in mid to quasi mid 2013.

Windows Blue will be low cost or free.

Windows Blue will maintain the Windows 8 nomenclature (like OS X)

Windows Blue will include a "UI change" (something many have been requesting but what form this change will take is unknown)

Windows Blue will have a unifying SDK with Windows Phone 8

Windows Blue will start the annual OS release cycle (again, like OS X)

I think all of the above is likely true simply because it makes sense,....IMO,....but then Microsoft doesn't always make sense,....soooo,.....

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MS isn't going to give up on the APP Store. Win 8 UI maybe isn't it at this time but I am sure MS will modify it.

I would only guess that MS introduced Win 8 at a low price to get more tablets, gadgets, and desktop pc's to market and make up any loss from the app store and Xbox Live.

It will be interesting to see where this platform will go. Certainly, there seems to be a move to say "adios desktop and hello cloud".
I am not a cloud fan at all but it will be interesting.

So I voted 3.
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They won't do anything - most PC's sold come with Win 8 so they will get market penetration no matter what.
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You left out what I think they are going to do:

Issue Windows Blue late this summer as a free upgrade for Win 8 users.

Windows Blue probably won't have a UI "fix" as Microsoft sees no need for that and has their sights on things they consider more important. Besides, there is nothing terribly wrong with Win 8 if you install Start8. It isn't XP Pro but it is better than the ugly Win 7 that was so fat and bloated looking. Win 8 looks fast and sleek. I'd use Vista over Win 7 any day because Vista UI could be made to look exactly like XP/2000. Microsoft can't fix the font problem in Win 8 (so they say). Even if they brought back the Advanced Display Item list (fully...not all of it is gone in Win 8) it would not fix Win 8 to be GUI wise like XP. You'd still be stuck with the hard to read Segoe font for Windows that you can't change.

What I want to know is what Microsoft is doing with the OEMs regarding licensing. That is a much bigger potential problem what with forcing OEMs to burn an individual key on the motherboard in lieu of COA stickers, trying to stop OEMs from giving out Reinstallation media, etc. I think from Windows Blue on licensing wlll become full on yearly rental. Blue is the beginning and Win 8 was the lead up.
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The UI (aka Start Menu) doesn't need to be "fixed" by MS because there are 3rd party fixes for it. As for the tiles part of the UI, it's integrated with Windows phone, and XBox to a lesser extent, and is the major differentiator between MS and Apple/Android on the mobile side, so it's not going away either.

MS is moving away from being a desktop-centric business because that part of the market is not where the sales and profit margins will be going forward. Their OS has to move the same way.

Windows 8 is transitional release on the way to Blue or whatever its successor is named. Yearly rollouts obviate the need for an SP1 release, so I voted for 6.

BTW "abandoning" Windows 8 is somewhat misleading in that it implies that future versions will revert to being desktop centric, i.e. Start Menu back and no tiles. That ain't happening.
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