Is Windows 8 the new “New Coke” ?

By | May 9, 2013

Microsoft will release a preview version of Windows Blue in June of this year.  So in order to keep you all up-to-date on the latest news about Windows, Windows 8, and  Microsoft’s apparent, upcoming admission that they have failed, once again, to keep the consumer’s wants and needs in mind when developing new products and operating systems, read on…

“…The VergeZDNet and other tech blogs have reported that the update could mean Microsoft reversing its decision to remove the start button from the system’s desktop environment.

They also suggested it would give users the option of booting their PCs directly into Windows 8’s desktop mode rather than having to visit the tile-based Start menu screen first.

On Tuesday the Financial Times ran a front-page story suggesting that a U-turn over key elements of Windows 8 would mark ‘one of the most prominent admissions of failure for a new mass-market consumer product since Coca-Cola’s New Coke fiasco nearly 30 years ago’…”

Read the entire article here.

 

One thought on “Is Windows 8 the new “New Coke” ?

  1. A_Hippy_Hillbillie

    I truly miss the real Coca-Cola first, in the very
    little bottles (hum-hum good), then, in the 16oz. bottle!

    Reply

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