Mojave 2.0

Summary: The farcical version/derivative of Vista known as "Windows 8" gets ridiculed even in the corporate press

YESTERDAY we quoted Dvorak on Windows 8. As we argued all along, it turns out that Microsoft does not have a new version of Windows. A DRM-laden shop is not an operating system feature and the current build lacks compelling features to actually make many sales (sales to OEMs should not count, as the end buyer makes no actual choice). "So Microsoft has demonstrated Windows 8," wrote Will in IRC. "Sounds like it's basically Windows Phone 7 on a PC." Or worse than that: as Wired Magazine puts it, this is "Just Windows 7 With a New Skin". To quote:

Microsoft has shown an early look at Windows 8. The upcoming OS is designed to run on any machine, from a tablet to a desktop PC, and while it has some genuinely clever features, it is at heart yet another skinned version of regular old Windows. Here’s a video of it in action. Skip to a minute in if you don’t care to hear about how tired the poor Windows 8 team is after so much work.

Vista, "Vista 8" and "Vista 7" as we call them (because Windows 8 is like Mojave and Windows 7 to Vista) sure looks like it is too little, too late in a world of mobility. Microsoft has resorted to hardware bribery -- not just OEM kickbacks -- in a desperate attempt to slow down the inevitable. GNU/Linux and Android are rising and overcoming Microsoft's crimes against the industry. ⬆