Excellent points.
Microsoft has a history of forcing unwanted changes and “feature” on the users.Most users would be quite happy if they could just continue to use their XP systems,I know I would.Windows 7 isn’t bad.But I don’t want to have to relearn again for Windows 8.
I wouldn’t be surprised if consumer and corporate resistance plays as big a factor in this rollout as for Windows ME -and WinME actually didn’t cause me any difficulty.
I wonder how the kinect and touch screen interfaces are going to integrate into everyday life on Windows 8.
Linux boxes are non-starters for the front office non-it departments.
When hiring a secretary we don’t say “do you know linux” unless it is an it department MAYBE.