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Microsoft has officially announced that it will be launching the consumer preview version of Windows 8 on February 29, at the Mobile World Congress. [1]
This indicates that Microsoft is right on schedule with its Windows 8 launch roadmap, and may be able to meet its initial projected Windows 8 launch deadline of May or June 2012, without any delays.
Windows 8 will compete with Apple's and Linux based distros in the desktop OS space, and Apple’s iOS and Google's Android in the tablet OS market.
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Windows 8 will decide Microsoft’s fate in 2012
We expect Windows 8 to be a bigger hit than Windows 7, which has sold around 550 million licenses to date. Along with Windows 8, Microsoft will also be launching the Windows App Store, which will be the central repository for Windows software, and will allow users to access all available software from a single location.
The Windows App Store could become a billion dollar business in its own right, going by the success of Apple’s App Store.
Windows accounts for nearly 25% of Microsoft’s $32 Trefis price estimate, which stands nearly 5% above the current market price. It dominates the desktop and notebook OS markets, and we expect it to gain significant market share in the tablet OS market too, in the next couple of years.
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