Windows 10 Scheduled for Mid-2015 Release

By Max Bonto, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, October 02, 2014

Microsoft has gone on ahead and skipped Windows 9 and has opted to name their next version Windows 10. It was first announced Tuesday and will be available to all devices operating on the Windows platform, and promises to fix the issues that were present with Windows 8.

Naturally, Windows would have followed its numerical nomenclature and gone with Windows 9. Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft's Operating Systems Group however, has said they're "not building an incremental product."

Initially, Myerson had considered calling the operating system Windows One to match its other products like the OneNote or the OneDrive as well as its "OneMicrosoft" business strategy. Unfortunately, the name was already claimed a long time ago by a young Bill Gates.

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"When you see the product in its fullness, I think you'll agree it's an appropriate name for the breadth of the product family that's coming," Myerson said.

One of the biggest features that will be present on Windows 10, is its ability to run across all platforms may it be a desktop computer, a tablet, or a smartphone. It is designed to run similarly across the different platforms.

"Windows 10 will run on the broadest amount of devices. A tailored experience for each device," Myerson said. "There will be one way to write a universal application, one store, one way for apps to be discovered, purchased, and updated across all of these devices."

The Start Menu will also be making its return as it was absent in Windows 8. Myerson explained that the Windows 10 Start Menu will be combining the familiarity of Windows 7 with the modern interface of Windows 8. It will also be more customizable than the Windows 7 Start Menu.

The operating system is said to be made available for advanced users and developers next week, with a consumer release sometime in the middle of 2015. There is still no announced price listing for Windows 10.