| endimion said: but there is no indication to major OS change so far just pure updates just with a different naming system.... I'd compare it more to mac OS X cycles and updates than to Android IMO... I don't believe there will be any hardware change requirement until win 9 which is not in question with these updates.... if anything it should bring more coherence in the MS ecosystem |
Consider if you will, a corporation where the not only do you have to make sure the commercial software you use every day works with every software update you use across the enterprise, but also every application you build in-house or have built for you.
Most would argue that Windows 8 wasn't a major change from Windows 7, but enterprise wise the OS was a major enchancement. The reason why the guy who was incharge of the Windows group isn't there anymore is because in planning for Windows 8 he threw the baby out with the bathwater and forgot about enterprise users completely. One of the things Windows 8.1 did was give back some of the usability features that enterprise customers needed.
I'm sure there are still a large percentage of enterprise customers that will hold-off of implementing Windows 8 simply because of the effort it'll take to upgrade their enterprise to the Start panel. As someone who had to train enterprise users on how to do something they already do, simply because of a minor change to how they do it, when you're dealing with corporate users you have to retrain. So, the more you can keep things the same as they were previously, the less time you waste on training and the better the investment in your upgrade.
You don't need major changes for it to be a disruption, especially to enterprise users. You also need to look at Android or even Windows Phone 7 to see how user bases can be fractured. People have a very usable device, but because the device isn't compatible with a future version of the OS those consumers are stuck unless they purchase a new device.
How much support do S/E Xperia Play users get? None. How much support do Windows Phone 7 users get? None, in fact they're losing capabilities.
I'm not opposed to what is happening, I'm just concerned that I'll have to upgrade to Windows 8.2 in order to get it, but only to find out that my computer won't support it. So, I can either keep on Windows 8.1 and live with limited support, or buy new hardware to get Windows 8.2.
