why windows 8?

While Microsoft’s new Windows 8 has received an unexpected share of positive press, many skeptics aren’t convinced that the new operating system has been designed or is being launched properly.  Of all the criticisms leveraged against Windows 8, the one that resonates most strongly with me was a comment in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek piece:“Just having the Windows name still around captures the problems of this company,” says Paul Saffo, a longtime technology forecaster.Microsoft has spent three years and probably close to a $1BB developing the new operating system.   It represents the company’s biggest overhaul of its OS in more than a decade

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