Sygnus who said anything about "Abandon ship" or "Pull the plug"?
We're asking for some desktop friendly interface options built into W8! NOT abandoning ship!
Why are you against that?
Who said I was against that. I thought I answered your question. Sorry if it wasn't the answer you were looking for!
As for options, if you've been reading my posts, I'm clearly NOT against options. In fact I've said a number of times we need them. I believe you even quoted one of my posts saying that.
In the end, we all want the same thing, I'm just trying to provide perspective and reasoning.
And to be clear, I'm not getting into a pissing contest over this as we all have opinions. So the giant bold font and exclamation points are unnecessary here. It may be your style, but between it, and your tone, it sends a bad message.
I also notice you like to quote out of context; you might read what I've actually said. Again, I want what everyone else wants, a functional desktop that isn't all tabletcized (my word). But I also get where Microsoft wants to go with their futures OS's.
I know we're all passionate about our positions, but we can be peaceful too
Peace