SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - Microsoft Corp announced its 'Windows 10'
operating system on Tuesday, skipping a number, to replace the
largely unpopular Windows 8 from two years ago.
The next version of Microsoft's flagship product, which still runs
the vast majority of personal computers, is aimed at recapturing
the lucrative business market, which generally ignored the new-look
Windows 8.
Windows 10 will be "our greatest enterprise platform ever", said
Terry Myerson, Microsoft's head of operating systems, at an event
in San Francisco. He said the new Windows, long known by the
project name 'Threshold' internally, represented a new type of
system for the company.
The name represented that leap, he said. Myerson added that his
team toyed with the idea of calling the new product 'Windows One'
to emphasise the unity of all the companies' products, but noted
that name had already been used.
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