Windows 8 Died at Launch, Microsoft Moves on to Windows 9

The Daily Caller ^ | 7/28/2014 | Andy Patrizio

[markomalley]

Windows 8 was the best thing that ever happened to Linux.

[Veggie Todd]

Was it the same people that did the obamacare website?

[Steely Tom]

“New Coke.”

[The KG9 Kid]

MSFT's next desktop OS mistake could be their last.

[Sacajaweau]

Microsoft should go back and use Windows XP for a base...so people can use their own programs and tap into new stuff.

[bicyclerepair]

On my kvm switch are:
winXP, win7, win8.1, and a ubuntu box.

Gotta keep up with everything.

[softwarecreator]

I have Win 7 at home and Win 8 on my work laptop. I find them both to work great. I had no problem switching to W8 and do not understand the problem others are having. IMHO it’s become sort of a custom to badmouth every other Windows release and quite a few of these people are just jumping on the bandwagon.

[rockrr]

My company is poised to migrate (to Win-8) right around the release of Windows 13 ;’)

[mikrofon]

I’ll go to the new O/S when it comes out as Warp 9.5

[conservativesister]

Had my new Sony laptop for work and it crashed, called Sony and when the tech answered, his first comment was: are you calling because your computer crashed? MS sent out an update last night and crashed Windows 8 all around the world. After 2 more crashed, I had Windows 7 installed and not one problem since.
MS: Stop fixing something that isn’t broke!

[deoetdoctrinae]

I wonder if I'll be able to run Windows 9?

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[rockrr]

I didn’t care for Win-8 until I found Classic Shell start menu. I haven’t had any problems with it otherwise.

[4rcane]

sound like brain dead ppl are still working at MS. We don’t want a transition to that garbage of a windows 8 interface for windows 9. Everyone been telling MS that windows 8 was UGLY months before release! They didn’t listen

[mountainlion]

What is the best non windows operating system? I am trying to get my old XP going again and my nest new puter will probably not be the same old stuff, broken windows. I like HP but this may be my last one. W8 was a mess and W8.1 screwed the whole system up and did not load. It won't even connect to the internet now. Nice going windows.

[nuconvert]

I second that

[ProudFossil]

As long as it does not contribute to global warming, allows undocumented users galore, will merge (wed) with Apple or Linux, and has no racial overtones then it should be a God (oooops Allah) send.

I am very happy with 8.1 but it was a mess to get it the way I liked XP. Now if they would only allow me to hack into the Powerball?????

[VanDeKoik]

Yeah.

It’s usage went from nothing to nothing and a half.

just another one of those articles that mirrors the “death of the Tea Party” cliche.

Windows 8 is supposedly so terrible, so little used, and so hated, these nerds have to keep repeating it every month because reality isn’t playing along.

[freedumb2003]

>>IMHO it’s become sort of a custom to badmouth every other Windows release and quite a few of these people are just jumping on the bandwagon.<<

I am an ultra-techie and I can’t stand W8. I just run it in W7 mode and pray the whole damn screen doesn’t fill up (meaning I tripped a W8 landmine in an application).

W8 sucks the sucked sucker.

[mountainlion]

Windows 8 won't even hook up to the internet now. Trying to get the 8.1 update was worse than getting a virus. It is good that yours works and you like it. When a greedy company has to change its product regularly to sell new stuff and say we will under no circumstances help with the old stuff because we want to make money on a new one, it is time to step back and look for something else.

[Boogieman]

“The old guard who came up with Windows 8 and refused to listen to beta testers are gone and Microsoft has more or less given up trying to rescue its slandered OS.”

Hallelujah! Hopefully the departing ‘old guard’ include the idiots who came up with the Office Ribbon, the Outlook.com interface, and other recent MS UI nightmares.

MS was never the best company when it came to design, but at least they applied a fairly consistent and intuitive UI standard to their products, until a few years ago. They really need to get back to focusing on their strong suits instead of trying to be something they are not.