Microsoft's decision to finally bring back a true Start menu to Windows begs the question: Has the company finally recognized what a massive mistake it made with Windows 8, or is Microsoft just reluctantly assuaging critics?
Rumors say that Microsoft will bring back a true Start menu to Windows for the next version of Windows, likely due in 2015. Paul Thurrot reported that on his Supersite for Windows, and added that the next version of Windows will also allow touch-based "Modern" apps (once called "Metro" apps) to be run in their own windows on the desktop.
If true, that's certainly a major retreat from the core Windows 8 design. Microsoft's goal in Windows 8 was to wean people from the desktop, and get them to use the touch-focused Start screen and Modern apps, instead. Microsoft has never fully revealed why it wanted to kill the desktop and get people onto the Start screen. It's likely, though, that Microsoft hoped that when people got used to the Start screen, they would be more likely to buy Windows Phone devices, whose main interface looks and works much like the Windows 8 Start screen.
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