Windows 8........Midori.........
May I add a little confusion to the confusion that already exists here? Windows 8 (obviously a windows program) is currently being developed to succeed Windows 7 at some future time. Midori is a "non-Windows" OS currently being developed. Whether Midori is being developed to replace the current stream of Windows OSs or to supplement, or "run alongside" of them is not clear at this point. At any rate, it is rumored (but not yet confirmed publicly by anyone at Microsoft qualified to confirm or disprove) that Midori will be designed specifically for efficient "cloud computing". But at any rate, Windows 8 development and Midori development are two TOTALLY separate projects at Microsoft and are not connected other than that they are both Microsoft projects. "Don't carry on no jive about Windows 8/Midori being the same project. There ain't no such thing!!!!"
That's my guess, and I'm stickin' to it.