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Re:With Sinofsky Gone, Start Menu Could Return to Windows 8 by randomfool on Sunday November 18, 2012 @09:06PM (#4802564)
My prediction has always been that the start menu is gone in Win8 to force people into Metro-mode and bootstrap the tablet app ecosystem. Once the tablet ecosystem is well populated then there's no need to force users into Metro.

Windows 8 is a write-off in terms of corporations- Microsoft expects very few to upgrade to Win8. So they sacrifice a bit of usability to kickstart tablets, then bring back the start menu to make corporations happy in Win 9.

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Re:With Sinofsky Gone, Start Menu Could Return to Windows 8 by sliverstorm on Sunday November 18, 2012 @09:33PM (#4802628)
That does seem to be the cycle they've been following, willing or not. Win2000/WinXP/Win7 for the corps; skipping every other Windows.
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