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Oh and a subtle objection to the OP headline (which is a tad sensationalist imo) the OS is evolving, and not facing any wholesale changes that the headline is seemingly trying to imply. 
 
fwiw I tried a few of the "classic shell" apps - a waste of time imo, learn to use the Windows Key Combinations, very quick and far easier than any mouse! EG Windows Key+X then P = control panel. Or simply pressing the Windows Key to alternate between desktop and Metro...The three you need to know are Windows Key + C ; + X ; + R this gets you to pretty much anything you need to do...Mind you this is not new to W8, it has been around for ages, I guess folks get used to using a mouse and think it is the easiest solution. W8 makes it even easier to use a KB for a lot of tasks.

  I personally like Windows 8. I'm not having any stability issues. The Metro thing is an improvement in my opinion.
  In previous versions of Windows, I really don't remember using the start button. I had desktop icons for the programs that I used. It don't see what the big deal is about not having to scroll through a tree menu to find a program or function. 
  If I ever need to go to  "control panel" ,I start typing control panel and it brings me there.  I think the new search everywhere function in 8.1 is awesome also. 
 

The problem with the young turks in Microsoft who work on this stuff is that their trendy little worlds revolve around tablets and phones and they regard desktop PCs as positively stone age. They just don't understand (well, they do, but they just want to design the toys THEY like to play with) that millions and millions of desktop computers are used by companies and that's where MSoft made their huge profits in previous years. These companies have no need to scrap their desktops and instead give their staff funky tablets and a bean bag to play on.  If Windows 9 is a genuine improved OS that these huge buyers like, MSoft will ship millions and regain their footing. I will buy it for my studio - I too have no need in that environment of tablets and phones and I will not be forced to use an OS and UI that is unsuitable just because some geek tells me it surely must be.
 
Until the selfish and childish Msoft developers are whipped into shape by a boss that tells them "You will NOT work on what you find exciting and wilfully ignore what you deem boring at the expense of what our big customers want", they will continue on the route to failure.

Windows 9 - where did you get that from? W9 is at LEAST two years away (assuming MS follow the same process of the Beta Release Candidate program - which is two candidate releases over approx 6-8 moths each) then a final beta candidate, and then the final release product..Usually takes about two years all up..and they have not even announced a prelim beta for W9 yet......it will come (and it will be very similar to W8.1) but it is a long way down the road. W8 still has many updates yet. And with W phone 8 (also possibly being upgraded to match 8.1) the differences are becoming less discernible. RT is dead.
 
Oh and the "big customers" also were screaming and kicking when XP went to Vista, and then to W7 - but they still upgraded over time and grudgingly acknowledged it was a better system (although NOT Vista which was a dog) . Big business always complains, about everything, really!
 
 

I was just sharing the link, not sensationalizing anything... geez. It's not even my article. Just thought it was interesting. I happen to like Windows 8, but I still like Windows 7 as well.
 
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Thanks for the clarification Scott...imo the thread title could have been a little less "dramatic"...for eg..Possible changes for W8?  Rather than the statement of "fact" that it implied  
 

bapu
I'll wait until Windows 11. It will be one better than 10 I'm sure.

Louder too. 
 
Regards

I think it was pretty obvious most of us were having a bone at the author, and that author was not Scott. NEVER shoot the messenger otherwise people won't be giving you useful messages any more :).

Yep, if you read my original reply on this I made that pretty clear. In the opening line in fact!