In a perfect world end users & developers will discover that MS tryin' to certify compatibility w/ W8, gouge every penny possible from them, & be Big Brother is a BAD THING & will refuse to buy/ support it. Existing W8 users will roll back to Win7 or XP, devs will be forced to follow suit 'cuz makin' progs fer an unused OS would not be financially responsible, & eventually MS would get the point & DUMMY THE HELL UP.

Unfortunately our world isn't all sunshine, lollipops, & unicorns shootin' rainbows out their asses, so I doubt it'll play out this way.

 

My own opinion is; fine... do whatever ya want w/ the new OS, MS, but don't call it a Windows product. Develop it as "MS Doors" or some such and offer it as an alternative to Windows for those users that want what it has to offer, & keep Windows on its' own track for those of us that don't want this type of "progress".

 

Yup, more sunshine & lollipops.

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