I don't usually do this (http://xkcd.com/386/ http://xkcd.com/386/), but this is the second article I've read today which shows the author's complete lack of un

I don't usually do this (http://xkcd.com/386/ http://xkcd.com/386/), but this is the second article I've read today which shows the author's complete lack of understanding about the subject (like that's never happened before in the tech industry...) Windows currently comes in 7 different flavours (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions), which have varying numbers of features. Why would anyone with half a brain assume that a full blown Windows 8 complete with touch enabled apps would be used across all form factors? That doesn't make sense on any level and assuming that Microsoft would do something that silly undermines the intelligence of the people working there (granted there is a lot of beaureacracy at MS that hold them back from being truly successful, but their engineers are far from idiots). Already, Windows Phone is a vastly cut down version of the OS (to the point of being annoying as it lacks some much needed features) From what I've seen and heard so far, Windows 8 is meant to be scalable. Now whether that will work in practice is yet to be seen, but I don't see any reason for them not to be able to have a minimal OS for phones (like Windows Phone 7), a slightly more feature-rich tablet OS and a full blown desktop OS (which itself will probably come in the Home, Pro, IcingOnCake, etc. editions) that can also run on larger touch-screens. Of course, all of this is contingent on whether they can properly modularise the OS so that unwanted bulk can be dropped for lighter versions and also making sure that lighter versions are optimised for their respective form factors in terms of performance and battery life.