Microsoft names next operating system 'Windows 10'

• FireIce

  1 Oct 14, 01:49

  SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - Microsoft Corp announced its 'Windows 10' operating system on Tuesday, skipping a number, to replace the largely unpopular Windows 8 from two years ago.

  The next version of Microsoft's flagship product, which still runs the vast majority of personal computers, is aimed at recapturing the lucrative business market, which generally ignored the new-look Windows 8.

  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.

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• the Bear

  1 Oct 14, 09:17

  yeah.. what happened to 9?

• FireIce

  1 Oct 14, 12:12

  they cant count

• FireIce

  1 Oct 14, 19:14

  Here's why Microsoft skipped 9 and went straight to Windows 10 

  Microsoft launched a new version of its operating system on Tuesday called Windows 10.

   

  Wait, what about Windows 9? Did we blink and miss that?

   

  Did someone at Microsoft not learn how to count?

   

  The company executives said the jump was to reflect that the new software will be a big leap and not a small step.

   

  Right. They may as well have given it a new name. Or skipped a few more numbers.

   

  We're hopeful that it won't be a big disappointment like the poorly received Windows 8 launched two years ago.

   

  At the preview of the early technical build of Windows 10, Microsoft heralded the operating system as a blend of what was best in the previous two generations.

   

  That means the Start button and the traditional start menu are back. Yay.

   

  read on

• CrazyBoy2140

  8 Oct 14, 18:21

  when will have windows 10 final ?

• Szy0641

  21 Oct 14, 10:03

  As long as it is user friendly, good to use ................

  Microsoft can name whatever they want.........................

   

• Cencontan

  21 Oct 14, 10:07

  Yah men , who cares about the name .

  Can't wait to try !

   

• charlize

  27 Oct 14, 22:03

  Who are you ?

• Wongblajar

  25 Nov 14, 11:12

  hope is more user friendly than 8