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“Bold” is close. Insane is more like it

Nothing bold about it. Windows 8 will sell hundreds of millions of units, in the desktop and tablet versions. That is a given.

“Windows 8 RT (the tablet variant) will be an unmitigated disaster”

Chuckle!
First of all, the Windows RT is the ARM version of Windows 8(albeit it will be a tablet). The Intel version will be for both tablets and desktop(switchable between the two). The desktop version will run the over 6 million programs that run on Windows 7, and we are talking about real programs (like corporate programs that run real businesses and have millions of lines of code), not some funny little iPad “Apps”. Kinda makes the 500,000 so-called “apps” on iPhone look like tiddlywinks don't it?

“(”what do you mean my new Windows 8 tablet won’t run my Windows programs - that is why I bought it !”). “

The Intel version of Windows 8 will run both legacy Windows 7 programs(in desktop mode) and Windows 8 metro tablet “apps”(in tablet mode).

“The bipolar switch from desktop to Metro to desktop will doom Windows 8 desktop to the dustbin along with Microsoft Bob, Windows ME, and Vista.”

How much you wanna bet on that?

Clearly, you have Remonditis. It you will reread what I said, I clearly identified Windows 8 RT as the tablet disaster. If you think Windows 8 on an Intel tablet is not dead on arrival, then one must wonder what you've been smoking for the past 6 years when various tries at Intel tablets have scored zero.

I don't have to bet. The bets are being placed by enterprise managers across the spectrum. Most will not risk their careers by jumping into Windows 8 - tablet or desktop. But by all means, bookmark this and come back in 6 months.