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New Delhi: Microsoft says the next
version of its flagship operating
system will be called Windows 10, as
the company skips version 9 to
emphasise advances it is making
toward a world centered around
mobile devices and Internet services.
The current version, Windows 8, has
been widely derided for forcing
radical behavioral changes.
Microsoft
is restoring some of the more
traditional ways of doing things and
promises that Windows 10 will be
familiar for users regardless of which
version of Windows they are now
using.
Microsoft offered a glimpse of its
vision for Windows at a San Francisco
event aimed at business customers.
Although the new software won't be
formally released until next year,
analysts already consider its success
crucial for Microsoft and new CEO
Satya Nadella.
Windows 10 will be "our greatest
enterprise platform ever," said Terry
Myerson, Microsoft's head of
operating systems, at an event in San
Francisco.
He said the new Windows, long
known by the project name
'Threshold' internally, represented a
new type of system for the company.
The name represented that leap, he
said.
Myerson added that his team toyed
with the idea of calling the new
product 'Windows One' to emphasise
the unity of all the companies'
products, but noted that name had
already been used.
(With inputs from agencies).
Microsoft names its next operating system Windows 10, skips Windows 9 to emphasise advances
version of its flagship operating
system will be called Windows 10, as
the company skips version 9 to
emphasise advances it is making
toward a world centered around
mobile devices and Internet services.
The current version, Windows 8, has
been widely derided for forcing
radical behavioral changes.
Microsoft
is restoring some of the more
traditional ways of doing things and
promises that Windows 10 will be
familiar for users regardless of which
version of Windows they are now
using.
Microsoft offered a glimpse of its
vision for Windows at a San Francisco
event aimed at business customers.
Although the new software won't be
formally released until next year,
analysts already consider its success
crucial for Microsoft and new CEO
Satya Nadella.
Windows 10 will be "our greatest
enterprise platform ever," said Terry
Myerson, Microsoft's head of
operating systems, at an event in San
Francisco.
He said the new Windows, long
known by the project name
'Threshold' internally, represented a
new type of system for the company.
The name represented that leap, he
said.
Myerson added that his team toyed
with the idea of calling the new
product 'Windows One' to emphasise
the unity of all the companies'
products, but noted that name had
already been used.
(With inputs from agencies).
Microsoft names its next operating system Windows 10, skips Windows 9 to emphasise advances
