Steven: We're just calling it Windows 8 for now. Walt: Your code names are always better than your product names. Walt: Like viruses and crapware? Steven: We tried with Windows 8 to reimagine how you work with a PC. Not just get a slate or tablet made. It's a different approach. But it builds on the value of million PCs It all just runs. The desktop is under the desk. Windows now looks like Win Phone: lots of tiles with messages and apps. Julie: There's a lot of utility in Office.
Microsoft's not letting people embed it, otherwise I'd drop it in here. Julie: It's not that radical, the compatibility is still there. Steven: There's a whole new set of developer APIs for building touch-centric apps and still connect to Windows apps.
And connect apps to each other. Julie: Design for touch. The OS will know if you have a mouse and make it work. Steven: It's important to not throw the baby out with the bathwater. A mouse has precision your finger can't approach. Look at Visio.
You need higher levels of precision in some apps. Will we need AV software on these nice, clean machines? Steven: It's always a good idea. It's possible to do it right. We can continue to do a lot of work with OEMs. Steven: It's an area of significant investment in Windows 8. More news coming. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts.
Steven Sinofsky. Share Share this post Roadmap Table of Contents hardcoresoftware. Jan 9. Comment 2. Share Share this post Antitrust: Split Up Microsoft hardcoresoftware. Jan 2. Dec 26, Dec 19, Scaling…Everything hardcoresoftware. Dec 12, That Dreaded Word: Unification hardcoresoftware. Reller, who is less well known, is a well-respected executive who came to Microsoft in its acquisition of Great Plains.
Ballmer had been frustrated by Sinofsky before. Microsoft partners apparently had a reference design for tablet hardware ready in time for Windows 7. Sources tell us that Sinofsky refused to add support for it in Windows 7. Other Microsoft veterans involved in the efforts, who spoke with us confidentially, blame the lack of focused product visionaries at the highest levels of the company. Since Larson-Green is reported to have been one of the key drivers behind the Metro UI design, it may be optimistic to hope for the Start menu to reappear anytime soon.
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