This was all inevitable. The market has changed. There wasn't much Microsoft could do. Given a typical lifecycle of a Windows OS is about 2 years, in 2012 they

This was all inevitable. The market has changed. There wasn't much Microsoft could do. Given a typical lifecycle of a Windows OS is about 2 years, in 2012 they had to build an operating system that was truly touch-enabled, compatible with ARM architectures and could compete with iPads and Macs. This way they have their bases covered until Windows 9.