Windows 8: awesome or yawnsome?

Charlee Gothard
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Peter Gothard asks industry pundits and software developers whether Microsft's new operating system has what it takes to take the enterprise world by storm

To listen to Microsoft, Windows 8 is the most important operating system (OS) launch from the company since Windows 95. The “dawning of a rebirth” and “the most important piece of work we’ve ever d...

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