Microsoft reportedly will discuss its vision for the future of Windows at its Build developer conference, to be held in San Francisco April 2-4. The company also will talk about the next version of its operating system, code-named “Threshold,” which will be officially named “Windows 9” and will debut in April 2015. Windows 8 generally has been panned, and sales reportedly have been poor, but “it’s the whole shift to smart devices that is impacting the Windows momentum,” said IDC’s Al Gillen.
"The key weakness of Windows 8 is 'the lack of strong apps to pull people to the platform,' said Directions on Microsoft's Miller.
That's because of the growth in demand for tablets at the expense of PCs."
Ummmm, MS does have a tablet (and a phone) that run 8. The problem is simply that they are unfashionably late to the party. IMO so much development is already focused on iOS and Android with their huge market penetration that supporting one more OS, a late arrival starting with zero adoption rate at that, simply isn't worth the effort.
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Microsoft's Next Windows May Be Dressed to the 9
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 13, 2014 11:58 AMMicrosoft reportedly will discuss its vision for the future of Windows at its Build developer conference, to be held in San Francisco April 2-4. The company also will talk about the next version of its operating system, code-named “Threshold,” which will be officially named “Windows 9” and will debut in April 2015. Windows 8 generally has been panned, and sales reportedly have been poor, but “it’s the whole shift to smart devices that is impacting the Windows momentum,” said IDC’s Al Gillen.
That's because of the growth in demand for tablets at the expense of PCs."
Ummmm, MS does have a tablet (and a phone) that run 8. The problem is simply that they are unfashionably late to the party. IMO so much development is already focused on iOS and Android with their huge market penetration that supporting one more OS, a late arrival starting with zero adoption rate at that, simply isn't worth the effort.