{"id":28917,"date":"2012-03-12T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T16:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=28917"},"modified":"2012-03-14T19:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T19:45:20","slug":"bits-from-bill-pytlovany-windows-8-metro-success-or-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bits-from-bill-pytlovany-windows-8-metro-success-or-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Windows 8 Metro: Success or Failure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28923\" title=\"Windows 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8_start.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 8\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft Windows 8 Preview<\/h3>\n<p>Last week Microsoft made a test version of Windows 8 available to the public. Windows 8 is a dramatic change and you\u2019ll see many articles which will evaluate changes and predict it\u2019s success or failure. The new interface is called \u201cMetro\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been playing with Windows 8 but even I won\u2019t make a prediction on the how Metro will eventually do. If you read the entire article you\u2019ll be able to decide Microsoft\u2019s future yourself. Based on Microsoft history, developers often joke that the first and 2nd versions won\u2019t be accepted but the third major release will be a hit. This was true with DOS 3.x, Windows 3.x and other Microsoft products except of course Microsoft Bob.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 500px; height: 288px;\" src=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Blogs\/Windows-Blog\/Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-Demo\/player?w=512&amp;h=288\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the funniest and ironic situations I\u2019ve experienced with Microsoft is how they market new versions of Windows. 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