>This isn't change for the sake of being different, it's a radical (and risky) attempt at change such that the mobile and desktop environments become merged. H

>This isn't change for the sake of being different, it's a radical (and risky) attempt at change such that the mobile and desktop environments become merged. How does this benefit the actual customer? I don't have a tablet, and I'm not planning to buy one. It's great that Microsoft will only have one code base for the two platforms, but that's great for them, not for me.