Gut-Check Time For Windows 8, Microsoft

theodp writes "GeekWire reports that, for better or worse, the upcoming week is shaping up as one of the most pivotal in Microsoft's history, as the software giant makes its pitch for Windows 8 at two important conferences. First, Microsoft will be huddling with hardware and software developers beginning Tuesday at its sold-out BUILD conference ('BUILD will show you that Windows 8 changes everything'), where it's rumored that Samsung will unveil a Windows 8 tablet. And on Wednesday, CEO Steve Ballmer and other execs will be holding the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting, which was delayed from its traditional summer date to allow the company to put its Windows 8 strategy in context for Wall Street. So, are we about to finally see the realization of Microsoft's vision for Information at Your Fingertips (Part 2), which Bill Gates introduced with a hokey video at Comdex 1994?"

Some things never change

[Waffle Iron]

Microsoft's consistent marketing strategy for Windows over the past quarter century can be summed up in a few lines:

int main() {
  int i = 1;
  while (true) {
    printf("Windows %d changes everything!\n", i);
    sleep(7e7 + ((double) rand()) / RAND_MAX) * 7e7) ;
  }
}

Re:lot's of corporate uses is just rolling out 7 w

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Planned obsolescence treadmill accelerating

[SplashMyBandit]

The difference between an "app store" and a "repos" is that they get different points in Scrabble(tm).

new widgets

[Gravis Zero]

a reputable source has informed me that Win8 will have a feature Microsoft employees insisted on having: a chair widget you can throw.
hopefully this will reduce the number of flying chair injuries from Ballmer.