Microsoft ditching Windows 8, plans to release Windows 9

http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/microsoft-ditching-windows-8-plans-to-release-windows-9/story-fnjwukfu-1226801625812

by user_235711 • 12 years ago

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Aaronneyer• 12 years ago

This articles about a month old now. I'm curious if anything has changed with regards to this now that they have a new CEO.

ck2• 12 years ago

Sheesh, now our OS releases are going to be like browser version numbers.

axefrog• 12 years ago

The article has almost no information at all. The title contains about as much information as the rest of the article.

drcode• 12 years ago

Yeah, I mean what else would they release next?

"Windows 8 Turbo - Championship Edition"?

anonymfus• 12 years ago

Very probably next release will be called "Windows 8.1 Update 1".

valevk3• 12 years ago

Most of the people I know read only the titles on HN... It's pretty sad.

hobolobo• 12 years ago

Microsoft saw Apple's ecosystem of inter-operating devices and the simple transition between using mobile and desktop devices and thought, 'We'd like some of that'. Windows 8 seemed to be about two things, making life easier for MS and pushing desktop/laptop users into familiarity with their mobile OS.

nav1• 12 years ago

plans to release Windows 9

No way! Who knows, maybe they'll even release Windows 10 after that.

brudgers3• 12 years ago

If that was Microsoft's evil plan, surely they would have released a so called "Windows 7."

What's next, ditching Internet Explorer 6?

sentenza• 12 years ago

The truly smart move would be if they skipped the even numbers after 9. I know it's a superstition, but you have to realize that the superstition, since it does exist now, pre-inclines the users to hate the even versions.

valevk3• 12 years ago

The prophecy seems to fulfill itself: "every other version of windows is bad".

I think people at Microsoft need more time to create a truly well-thought user experience. Maybe they should ditch their current release cycle and focus on:

a) better updates for current windows versions

b) take twice the time to realease a new windows version

brudgers3• 12 years ago

Windows 8 is significantly better than Windows 7. Since it's almost exactly superset of Windows 7, this shouldn't be surprising.

That Windows 9 looks likely as an October release - that's MicroSoft's Q1/2015 - it appears MicroSoft is tick-tocking Windows releases...Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 9.

They are already on a yearly cycle with many of their non-OS products.

Roboprog• 12 years ago

People don't seem to like the Win-8 UI, though.

Dirlewanger• 12 years ago

Can you write a more crappy article? Holy shit. Why are people so surprised about Mircosoft's 3 year Windows release cycle that has existed since the 1990s???

tmikaeld• 12 years ago

Hyperbole without any quote or reference..

Microsoft ditching Windows 8, plans to release Windows 9

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