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I think they'll continue to resist this since they revamped their marketing model to sell apps on the Metro screen. This is counter to the desktop which they can't monetize similarly since no one doing productive work realy wants their crApps.
The irony of 8 is that it is poised to ruin the desktop experience which is what MS OS's are most prized for: productive, intuitive desktop work such as what drives the world economy. This has overshadowed its performance on the platform where it belongs, touchscreens, where it actually has competitive advantages with the live tiles that beat Ipad's dead icons.