Sunday, March 16, 2014

Could Windows 9 launch Microsoft back into business?

Could Windows 9 launch Microsoft back into business?
The focus is now on mobile tech and that means Windows 9 has a very specific job to do: it needs to be a reliable workhorse not a sparkly, whizz-bang package.
Getting under the skin of the software giant is not always easy. 

But there is clearly something in Microsoft's DNA that has created a good-bad-good gene when it comes to developing its operating systems. In essence, every time it skips a generation, it's significantly enhanced. 

Remember Windows 95? It was a great product for its time. Innovative, intuitive - an OS that really moved the world of personal, and more importantly business, computing forward. Sure, it had some bugs, but software development on that scale is bound to have early teething problems and they were quickly resolved. 

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