>>>Its the same foxpro mindset of refusing to advance with technology. I've always done it this way, why do I need to change. Would you go back to windows 3.1?
>Get with the times and learn to adapt.
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>And follow the MS herd into WP? That's what this is all about- trying to leverage desktop dominance into device dominance by standardizing interfaces. Time will tell: maybe everybody suddenly will love the touch desktop interface and will flood into WP as well. Or maybe not. Meantime there's $ to be made in the real world using whatever tools customers will accept.

Microsoft knew full well that the touch/metro crap on the desktop was crap. They just figured they could push consumers into it (just like Vista).

Microsoft is now putting the start menu back and will of course try to spin it as another great stride forward.