l*z
2 楼
"Threshold" to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015
Paul Thurrott
01/11/2014 - 12:07pm
Microsoft tries to put Windows 8 in the rear-view mirror
At the BUILD developer conference in April 2014, Microsoft will discuss its
vision for the future of Windows, including a year-off release codenamed "
Threshold" that will most likely be called Windows 9. Here's what I know
about the next major release of Windows.
As a kind of recap, we know that Microsoft will update Windows 8.1 in 2014,
first with a service pack/feature pack-type update called Update 1 (or GDR1
internally). I wrote a bit about this update recently in Windows 8.1 Update
1 (Very Early) Preview but the expectation is that it will ship in April
2014 alongside Windows Phone 8.1, the development of which Microsoft will
soon complete.
Also in April, of course, is BUILD 2014. That show will hit just weeks after
Microsoft completes its corporate reorganization and will surprisingly be
very much focused on Windows Phone and Xbox, according to my sources. But I
think Windows watchers will agree that the biggest news from the show will
be an announcement about Microsoft's plans for the next major Windows
version, codenamed "Threshold."
I previously wrote about Threshold in Microsoft to Take Windows to the "
Threshold", Further Changes Coming in Windows "Threshold" and Big Changes
Are Coming to Windows. This is the release my sources previously pegged as
being the one that will see the return of the Start menu and the ability to
run Metro-style apps on the desktop alongside desktop applications.
But Threshold is more important than any specific updates. Windows 8 is
tanking harder than Microsoft is comfortable discussing in public, and the
latest release, Windows 8.1, which is a substantial and free upgrade with
major improvements over the original release, is in use on less than 25
million PCs at the moment. That's a disaster, and Threshold needs to strike
a better balance between meeting the needs of over a billion traditional PC
users while enticing users to adopt this new Windows on new types of
personal computing devices. In short, it needs to be everything that Windows
8 is not.
Here's what I've learned about Threshold.
Windows 9. To distance itself from the Windows 8 debacle, Microsoft is
currently planning to drop the Windows 8 name and brand this next release as
Windows 9. That could change, but that's the current thinking.
BUILD vision announcement. In case it's not obvious that the Sinofsky era is
over, Microsoft will use BUILD to provide its first major "vision"
announcement for Windows since, yes, Longhorn in 2003. Don't expect anything
that grandiose, but the Windows team believes it needs to hit a happy
middle ground between the KGB-style secrecy of the Sinofsky camp and the
freewheeling "we can do it all" days that preceded that. As important, the
firm understands that customers need something to be excited about.
No bits at BUILD. Microsoft will not be providing developers with an early
alpha release of "Threshold" at BUILD, and for a good reason: The product
won't even begin development until later that month. Right now, Microsoft is
firming up which features it intends to deliver in this release.
Metro 2.0. Maturing and fixing the "Metro" design language used by Windows
will be a major focus area of Threshold. It's not clear what changes are
coming, but it's safe to assume that a windowed mode that works on the
desktop is part of that.
Three milestones. Microsoft expects to deliver three milestone releases of "
Threshold" before its final release. It's unclear what these releases will
be called (Beta, Release Candidate, etc.) or which if any will be provided
to the public.
April 2015 release.
Microsoft is currently targeting April 2015 for the release of Windows 9 "
Threshold."
In some ways, the most interesting thing about Threshold is how it recasts
Windows 8 as the next Vista. It's an acknowledgment that what came before
didn't work, and didn't resonate with customers. And though Microsoft will
always be able to claim that Windows 9 wouldn't have been possible without
the important foundational work they had done first with Windows 8—just as
was the case with Windows 7 and Windows Vista—there's no way to sugarcoat
this. Windows 8 has set back Microsoft, and Windows, by years, and possibly
for good.
These things don't happen in isolation—the big and slow Vista arrived
inauspiciously just as netbooks were taking off and Windows 8 arrived just
as media tablets changed everything—and it's fair to say that the
technology world of today barely resembles that of 2006, creating new
challenges for Windows. Threshold will target this new world. It could very
well be a make or break release.
I'll let you know when I've learned more.
Paul Thurrott
01/11/2014 - 12:07pm
Microsoft tries to put Windows 8 in the rear-view mirror
At the BUILD developer conference in April 2014, Microsoft will discuss its
vision for the future of Windows, including a year-off release codenamed "
Threshold" that will most likely be called Windows 9. Here's what I know
about the next major release of Windows.
As a kind of recap, we know that Microsoft will update Windows 8.1 in 2014,
first with a service pack/feature pack-type update called Update 1 (or GDR1
internally). I wrote a bit about this update recently in Windows 8.1 Update
1 (Very Early) Preview but the expectation is that it will ship in April
2014 alongside Windows Phone 8.1, the development of which Microsoft will
soon complete.
Also in April, of course, is BUILD 2014. That show will hit just weeks after
Microsoft completes its corporate reorganization and will surprisingly be
very much focused on Windows Phone and Xbox, according to my sources. But I
think Windows watchers will agree that the biggest news from the show will
be an announcement about Microsoft's plans for the next major Windows
version, codenamed "Threshold."
I previously wrote about Threshold in Microsoft to Take Windows to the "
Threshold", Further Changes Coming in Windows "Threshold" and Big Changes
Are Coming to Windows. This is the release my sources previously pegged as
being the one that will see the return of the Start menu and the ability to
run Metro-style apps on the desktop alongside desktop applications.
But Threshold is more important than any specific updates. Windows 8 is
tanking harder than Microsoft is comfortable discussing in public, and the
latest release, Windows 8.1, which is a substantial and free upgrade with
major improvements over the original release, is in use on less than 25
million PCs at the moment. That's a disaster, and Threshold needs to strike
a better balance between meeting the needs of over a billion traditional PC
users while enticing users to adopt this new Windows on new types of
personal computing devices. In short, it needs to be everything that Windows
8 is not.
Here's what I've learned about Threshold.
Windows 9. To distance itself from the Windows 8 debacle, Microsoft is
currently planning to drop the Windows 8 name and brand this next release as
Windows 9. That could change, but that's the current thinking.
BUILD vision announcement. In case it's not obvious that the Sinofsky era is
over, Microsoft will use BUILD to provide its first major "vision"
announcement for Windows since, yes, Longhorn in 2003. Don't expect anything
that grandiose, but the Windows team believes it needs to hit a happy
middle ground between the KGB-style secrecy of the Sinofsky camp and the
freewheeling "we can do it all" days that preceded that. As important, the
firm understands that customers need something to be excited about.
No bits at BUILD. Microsoft will not be providing developers with an early
alpha release of "Threshold" at BUILD, and for a good reason: The product
won't even begin development until later that month. Right now, Microsoft is
firming up which features it intends to deliver in this release.
Metro 2.0. Maturing and fixing the "Metro" design language used by Windows
will be a major focus area of Threshold. It's not clear what changes are
coming, but it's safe to assume that a windowed mode that works on the
desktop is part of that.
Three milestones. Microsoft expects to deliver three milestone releases of "
Threshold" before its final release. It's unclear what these releases will
be called (Beta, Release Candidate, etc.) or which if any will be provided
to the public.
April 2015 release.
Microsoft is currently targeting April 2015 for the release of Windows 9 "
Threshold."
In some ways, the most interesting thing about Threshold is how it recasts
Windows 8 as the next Vista. It's an acknowledgment that what came before
didn't work, and didn't resonate with customers. And though Microsoft will
always be able to claim that Windows 9 wouldn't have been possible without
the important foundational work they had done first with Windows 8—just as
was the case with Windows 7 and Windows Vista—there's no way to sugarcoat
this. Windows 8 has set back Microsoft, and Windows, by years, and possibly
for good.
These things don't happen in isolation—the big and slow Vista arrived
inauspiciously just as netbooks were taking off and Windows 8 arrived just
as media tablets changed everything—and it's fair to say that the
technology world of today barely resembles that of 2006, creating new
challenges for Windows. Threshold will target this new world. It could very
well be a make or break release.
I'll let you know when I've learned more.
R*C
3 楼
知足吧，人家是上门找你trade in,不是偷或抢
t*t
4 楼
隔代升级
its
,
GDR1
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: "Threshold" to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015
: Paul Thurrott
: 01/11/2014 - 12:07pm
: Microsoft tries to put Windows 8 in the rear-view mirror
: At the BUILD developer conference in April 2014, Microsoft will discuss its
: vision for the future of Windows, including a year-off release codenamed "
: Threshold" that will most likely be called Windows 9. Here's what I know
: about the next major release of Windows.
: As a kind of recap, we know that Microsoft will update Windows 8.1 in 2014,
: first with a service pack/feature pack-type update called Update 1 (or GDR1
its
,
GDR1
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: "Threshold" to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015
: Paul Thurrott
: 01/11/2014 - 12:07pm
: Microsoft tries to put Windows 8 in the rear-view mirror
: At the BUILD developer conference in April 2014, Microsoft will discuss its
: vision for the future of Windows, including a year-off release codenamed "
: Threshold" that will most likely be called Windows 9. Here's what I know
: about the next major release of Windows.
: As a kind of recap, we know that Microsoft will update Windows 8.1 in 2014,
: first with a service pack/feature pack-type update called Update 1 (or GDR1
p*y
5 楼
那天烤了吃 哈
R*R
6 楼
8.1其实挺好。
h*e
7 楼
太好了， 可以做咸鸭蛋了
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
L*a
8 楼
很有气势嘛
p*y
9 楼
浮云家的豪斯真不错
l*d
10 楼
估计它们跟你想的一样。
【在 R*C 的大作中提到】
: 知足吧，人家是上门找你trade in,不是偷或抢
【在 R*C 的大作中提到】
: 知足吧，人家是上门找你trade in,不是偷或抢
D*1
11 楼
赚大发了！怪不得你菜/花都种得那样好
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 估计它们跟你想的一样。
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 估计它们跟你想的一样。
L*A
12 楼
友情建议把花盆换成和豪宅相配的，参考小戴家的花盆。
N*D
13 楼
野鸭粪可以放菜地吗？真心询问
c*e
14 楼
训练它们到菜地
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 估计它们跟你想的一样。
p*y
15 楼
保不齐不吃大米了 光吃蔬菜了 那就更赔了
【在 c*****e 的大作中提到】
:
: 训练它们到菜地
【在 c*****e 的大作中提到】
:
: 训练它们到菜地
l*d
16 楼
找了，木有好看的，小戴秀的那两个垃圾堆家来的？
我看不比现在的塑料盆子好看在什么地方。
【在 L****A 的大作中提到】
: 友情建议把花盆换成和豪宅相配的，参考小戴家的花盆。
我看不比现在的塑料盆子好看在什么地方。
【在 L****A 的大作中提到】
: 友情建议把花盆换成和豪宅相配的，参考小戴家的花盆。
p*h
17 楼
So cute! 把你家当餐馆了，还是 "pay as you want". :P
天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
D*1
18 楼
那两个是我从众多的盆里挑出来的，色泽凝重，种什么花都不会喧宾夺主
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 找了，木有好看的，小戴秀的那两个垃圾堆家来的？
: 我看不比现在的塑料盆子好看在什么地方。
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 找了，木有好看的，小戴秀的那两个垃圾堆家来的？
: 我看不比现在的塑料盆子好看在什么地方。
h*w
19 楼
赶紧地在它们身上装上GPS tracker，不入鸭穴，焉得鸭蛋。
l*d
20 楼
看清楚，留下的是鸭粪，不是鸭蛋。
【在 h******e 的大作中提到】
: 太好了， 可以做咸鸭蛋了
【在 h******e 的大作中提到】
: 太好了， 可以做咸鸭蛋了
m*i
21 楼
送奋上门，哈哈
a*o
22 楼
跟踪，找鸭蛋回来，否则到时候可不是几只鸭子，是大鸭带小鸭几十只一起上门来。
A*0
23 楼
豪宅！
T*m
24 楼
你的秋海棠没有开花？
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 看清楚，留下的是鸭粪，不是鸭蛋。
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 看清楚，留下的是鸭粪，不是鸭蛋。
l*d
25 楼
开了，悲催的是绿色的花。
【在 T*******m 的大作中提到】
: 你的秋海棠没有开花？
【在 T*******m 的大作中提到】
: 你的秋海棠没有开花？
y*n
26 楼
赚得就是个人气
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 开了，悲催的是绿色的花。
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 开了，悲催的是绿色的花。
l*d
27 楼
粪味吧！
【在 y***n 的大作中提到】
: 赚得就是个人气
【在 y***n 的大作中提到】
: 赚得就是个人气
C*2
28 楼
实话实说，这些鸭子看着真像家养的宠宠。。。
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 粪味吧！
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 粪味吧！
L*M
29 楼
合算
天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 天天来我家蹲点，失去的是大米，得到的是鸭粪， 合算吗
h*e
30 楼
有机肥料送上门了还不好？ 鸭蛋可以去她们的窝里找
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 看清楚，留下的是鸭粪，不是鸭蛋。
【在 l*********d 的大作中提到】
: 看清楚，留下的是鸭粪，不是鸭蛋。
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