WINdoWs 9 aNd 10 Right now, we have only rumors circulating on the Internet, from people apparently outside of Microsoft. A person known only as WZOR, on the Russian forum Ru-Board, has been widely reported as the source of Windows leaks for several years and has accumulated a respectable track record for accuracy. This fellow claims that well see Windows 9 sometime in 2014, and that its allegedly returning to the Aero interface for desktop mode (but will presumably retain Modern alongside it). Its unusual to have even this much information about an upcoming OS from Microsoft so far ahead of time. So theres still time for the basic elements to change, assuming that we understand them correctly. We even have some tidbits about Windows 10: Its apparently going to be cloud-oriented for apps as well as data, à la Google Docs. As computing becomes an increasingly mobile experience, it makes sense to store data at a location where it’s all synced and accessible from a single service. But maintaining that kind of service costs money, eventually more than a one-time purchase of an operating system would support, even when multiplied by a hundred million purchases. A unified mobile future seems to call for a subscription-based OS—something Microsoft is already setting precedent for with Office 365.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:30:51 +0000