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Windows 8 (Windows vNext) Riskiest Product Bet for Microsoft

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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is considering the next version of Windows as the riskiest product bet by the Redmond company, according to a Mary-Jo Foley report.

Windows 8, or Windows vNext as Microsoft would prefer it, is for the most part a great unknown.

In the post-Longhorn/Vista era, the software giant is extremely careful with the details it shares about Windows operating systems still in planning or in development.

The public should expect Windows 8 to be treated no differently from Windows 7, and some might still recall that Microsoft only started revealing information on the successor of Windows Vista quite late in the development process, when the feature set was all but set in stone.

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However, every once in a while, there are glimpses into what exactly is coming, and the small comment from Steve Ballmer is exactly this.

Ballmer is not discussing a roadmap, features, capabilities, etc., he™s simply stating that out of all Microsoft products planned over the next years, Windows 8 is the riskiest bet.

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  • Microsoft has purged all mentions of Windows 8 from a company site in the Netherlands which revealed that the next major iteration of Windows is right on track for availability in 2012.

  • Although the details for what could end up being Windows Azure-based Windows 8 storage come from Microsoft, fact is that the information was not confirmed officially.

  • What does the future hold for Windows 8, Windows 9 and beyond? Where is Windows heading in the next five years, or in the next decade? Is the post-PC era going to usher in the post-Windows era as well? Are the two synonymous?

  • According to the report, Microsoft is finally and belatedly porting Windows to non-PC chipsets, specifically those made by ARM. These chipsets can be used in everything from smartphones to tablet-like devices similar to the iPad, and use a lot less power—and thus also get much better battery life—than devices based on PC-style chipsets from Intel or AMD.

  • Considering some of features of Windows 8 as a whole: instant-on, facial recognition, 3D support and Kinect like gesture support, even without a mad new interface, these could add-up to a radically different experience.

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