to me threshold will be win9 only by name to differentiate itself from win8 in people eye and create that one good OS out of two effect they are famous for....
the point of threshold is to unify even more their ecosystem across all platform while giving back some of the old-school features people are requesting especially in the enterprise ecosystem....
it will be the best of both worlds compatible with other systems.... a win 8.5 at t branded win9.... wouldn't be surprised if it was free or 15 bucks to upgrade for people with 8.1
we'll see, BUILD is soon and it will be interesting since I believe WP and Xbox will be at the forefront and win"9" will only be talked about the far off future... that should build up some nice buzz in the tech community.... and hopefully stimulate creativity amongst OEMs
cause while MS can be criticized for win8 I put as much blame on the OEMs for their lack of originality and boldness in concept innovation.... now people don't upgrade because of power increase (beside gamers) they upgrade because it has more versatility and looks and feel better to use than the current laptop they have...
