One of Murphy's laws states: "If you build something so simple that even an idiot can use it, only idiots will." Nobody will use an OS that meets the needs of

One of Murphy's laws states: "If you build something so simple that even an idiot can use it, only idiots will." Nobody will use an OS that meets the needs of the most common user types and stops there. Companies want to deploy the same OS across their entire install base. A modern OS must meet the needs of all its users. That includes power users. The question of whether or not most people really need multiple windows is therefore moot. Some do, so any OS that hopes to be more than a toy OS must support this feature. Full stop. End of discussion. There are, of course, workarounds in Windows 8 that power users can use, so there's no need to panic just yet. Microsoft is certainly aware of how leery enterprise is of their tablet-desktop fusion. I'd be surprised if Windows 9 doesn't focus on being more desktop friendly.