[ NNSquad ] Microsoft admits that it screwed up with Windows 8

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Microsoft admits that it screwed up with Windows 8

Staying centered (Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President of Corporate
Communications at Microsoft): http://j.mp/12l2WYW  (Official Microsoft Blog)

Articles referenced in the Microsoft blog posting:

Microsoft prepares rethink on Windows 8 flagship software
http://j.mp/17ehQ7J  (Financial Times)

    "It's a horrible thing for this to happen to your flagship product
    - he'll [Steve Ballmer] take a hit for that," said Mark Anderson,
    an independent tech analyst. "But he's also responsible for a
    renaissance inside the company. There's a level of risk and
    creativity going on that would never have happened two years ago."
    Richard Doherty, analyst at tech research firm Envisioneering,
    said: "This is like New Coke, going on for seven months - only
    Coke listened better." Coca-Cola dropped its New Coke formula in
    response to a consumer backlash less than three months after
    launch.

Microsoft blues 
http://j.mp/12l38XX  (Economist)

--Lauren--
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