Certainly, I may be wrong, but Windows 8 could be a wild success. Currently, there are no good tablets in the enterprise market that allow users both to read an

Certainly, I may be wrong, but Windows 8 could be a wild success. Currently, there are no good tablets in the enterprise market that allow users both to read and edit documents. Windows 8 gives tablet users access to programs like Excel and PowerPoint with exactly the same level of functionality as they would on a full-fledged desktop PC. This could be a godsend for knowledge workers whose tasks really only require the computing power of a tablet, letting them forgo purchasing a more pricey laptop or desktop. Also, promoting Javascript and HTML5 as first-class citizens in the Windows 8 environment opens the door to native app development for a massive population of web developers, which is a huge event in software engineering. Web devs will be able to create the same kinds of dynamic UIs with web connectivity as they always have but with the added bonus of file system, GPU, and other kinds of OS access. As a web dev, I'm stoked. Yes, Microsoft is heavily favoring touch interaction at the expense of the mouse and keyboard interface. It does indeed seem like the unforgiving interface is meant to push touch screen sales, but if people adopt touch screen devices as much as Microsoft is betting, then Windows 8 will be a huge hit. Despite the mouse and keyboard UX, I say kudos to MSFT for trying to advance human-computer interaction beyond the status quo since 1963.