A Microsoft 13 legrosszabb melléfogása valaha

Érdekes, hogy az Infoworld máris temeti a Windows 8-at és minden idők legrosszabb 13 redmondi mellényúlása közé sorolja. Olyan társaságba került mint a DOS 4.0, Bob, Clippy, és Rover, Zune, Kin, Courier, Windows Mobile ...

Microsoft misstep No. 5: Windows 8
Windows 8 is turning out to be a misstep of unprecedented proportions. The fundamental problem, as many of us at InfoWorld have described repeatedly, is the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of the Frankenstein interface. Clearly, with Windows sales heading deeply down and the entire PC hardware industry going with it, Microsoft had to do something. Relegating the old-fashioned Windows desktop to a tile on a new mobile phone app hasn't done the trick.

Or maybe we're all wrong and Windows 8 will breathe new life into the PC industry. In another six months, we should know for sure.

Közben a Gartner is beállt azok táborába, akik azt mondják, hogy a Windows 8-nak nem sikerült eddig felráznia a PC-s piacot.

Windows 8. We have seen indications from others that Windows 8 is not having a massive impact yet, and Gartner is adding its voice to that chorus.

“Windows 8 did not have a significant impact on PC shipments in the fourth quarter,” it states flatly.