I agree with this article, but I think the way they suggest fixing it is over-kill. What they're proposing is to have a new SKU for businesses/schools/etc. But

I agree with this article, but I think the way they suggest fixing it is over-kill. What they're proposing is to have a new SKU for businesses/schools/etc. But having a new SKU will be expensive. More to maintain. More to market. More DVDs to ship. More QA. And so on. There is no way to view a new SKU such that it SAVES money. What I would like to see is for Microsoft to keep the same number of SKUs but to give consumers more choice. Windows 2008 and 2012 Server come with two modes of installation - core and standard. The issue with Windows 8 in particular is not that it has Metro ("modern"), it is that they forced people to use it. If they had just allowed people to install the Windows client in a "business" mode, people would have been happy. So maybe Windows 9 needs a client equivalent of "core" mode. Essentially cut away all of the crud until you're left with a Windows 2000-like desktop experience, no thrills, no fun, just the absolutely basics of what Windows is.