> That is never going to happen, given how much influence Microsoft has on the corporate world, it would be equivalent killing their golden goose. You stopped

> That is never going to happen, given how much influence Microsoft has on the corporate world, it would be equivalent killing their golden goose. You stopped reading when you read the sentence you wanted to read. I wrote: Windows 8 is Microsoft's parting gift to the desktop. I'd put money on Windows 9 going Metro only, and perhaps a revival of the NT brand for enterprise buyers to keep the desktop around. Enterprise will be given something, but I don't think it will be Windows 9. It'll be something else, maybe a new fork from Windows 7.