'We asked firms if they were looking at Windows 8, most laughed'

JMH · Jul 27, 2012

This was the week when Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 8 got what can only be described as a bashing from the folks over at Gartner.

Reviewer and research director Gunnar Berger didn't seem to think that the OS was all that good. In fact, when it's not on a touch device, he reckons the software is:

In a word: Bad.*

And he's not the only one to think so. Having surveyed the enterprise masses, Gartner discovered that they weren't exactly frothing at the bit to get their hands on Windows 8:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/27/quotw_ending_july_27/

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'We asked firms if they were looking at Windows 8, most laughed'

JMH

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