Microsoft’s Windows 8 faces challenges not only on tablets, but also the desktops and laptops where Windows has long dominated. – Just how much of a risk is Microsoft taking with Windows 8?
The answer: a pretty big one.
If Windows 8 indeed arrives at the tail end of 2012, it will
be exactly three years since the release of Windows 7. As Microsoft executives
like to trumpet on the quarterly earnings calls, Windows 7 has so…