If independent leaks are to be believed, Windows chief Terry Myerson appears to be dismantling the Jekyll-and-Hyde monstrosity that is Windows 8, instead replacing it with a triumvirate of products that people and companies will actually want. Although the leaks don't quite line up one to one, they're close enough to warrant a great deal of optimism about the future of Windows.
Last week ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, quoting unnamed sources, introduced the waiting Windows world to code name "Threshold," a wave of updates that will encompass what we now know as Windows, Windows RT, Windows Phone, and Xbox. In a bit of old-fashioned Microsoft arm-waving, Threshold is supposed to help support the same set of "high-value activities" across all the platforms, where "high-value activities" include "expression/documents," "decision making/task completion," and "IT management." Forgive me for being more than a little bit skeptical about the bafflegab. I'd be ecstatic if Microsoft just got the low-value activities right.
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