From DailyTech: Microsoft has been working on its successor to Windows 8.x, internally labeling the operating system Windows Threshold. Today, Microsoft has announced the official name of the shipping product: Windows 10.
We had been hoping for more “togetherness”, with perhaps “Windows One” being a good choice to signify the unification that is taking place with the next generation of Microsoft’s consumer operating system. However, as Windows Chief Terry Myerson joked, “Unfortunately, Windows 1 has been done.”
Windows 10 will be Microsoft’s “most comprehensive platform ever”, encompassing everything from smartphones to tablets to notebooks to desktop PCs. Microsoft is also specifically calling out to Windows 7 users that have been apprehensive about upgrading to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
"We want all these Windows 7 users to have the sentiment that yesterday they were driving a first-generation Prius, and now with Windows 10 it's like a Tesla," stated Joe Belfiore.
Will Windows 10 be the Tesla Model S of operating systems? That remains to be seen, but Microsoft has a lot in store to ensure that the missteps that it made with Windows 8.x won’t be repeated with Windows 10.
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