From The Verge:
We’ve got broad initiatives driving Windows down to the phone with Windows 8.” The choice of words is incredibly (if unintentionally) telling, but also a little vague. Like with tablets, Microsoft would rather cram a desktop OS “down” into mobile form, than build off of a simple mobile platform into something more complex. Of course, that’s the least favorable interpretation[.]
I myself find that WM7 (or whatever the heck it’s called) is a very compelling mobile OS. It’s not enough to make me switch from the iPhone (integration is too deep), but I think the layout looks phenomenal.
And Ballmer (yet again) doesn’t seem to get it. Look at Windows 8; it looks really good… until they bring in all the paradigms from Windows Past. The clutter present in their own demo of Excel under Windows 8 seems to be in direct clashing conflict with everything else in Windows 8.
Sometimes you need to kick out old ideas that will never work. Sometimes, that includes your CEO.
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