Windows 8
Windows 7 isn't even a year old yet and already Microsoft is talking about a Windows 8. From what Microsoft is saying Windows 8 is more revolutionary than evolutionary. What does that mean? When the next version of a software package is evolutionary, that means the next version is just an improvement over the previous release. For example, Windows XP was Windows 2000 at its core, but with some performance tweaks and usability enhancements. Windows 2000, in turn, was Windows NT at its core, but with expanded capabilities. Windows 7 is really nothing more than Windows Vista optimized plus a few extra features. These are examples of something that is evolutionary. When the next version of a software package is revolutionary, that means it has major changes. For example, the core of Windows NT was revolutionary because it was so much different than the Windows 95/98/ME core. The Windows NT core was so good, that it was used until Windows XP; it was revolutionary. But the Windows XP core had major security holes. To fix that, Microsoft started from scratch and made the Windows Vista core; that also was revolutionary. Microsoft is proclaiming Windows 8 to be revolutionary.
Posted by Wade Burchette at 8:10 PM - Categories: News | Windows