That's fair. I don't mean that Windows should be replaced. I mean that Windows should do what Windows is good at.
Trying to introduce Linux into Windows isn't one of these things. Doing a UI refresh is fine but trying to make Windows UI conform to spatial computing isn't going to help it or the ecosystem in the long term.
If you look at their app building documentation, it's extremely disconcerting. This much compatibility overhead isn't helping the ecosystem grow.
Though in name it's not a new OS, Windows 8, 10 are new experiences for anyone who uses them since Windows 7.
I think you're right about momentum, MS isn't able to come out of it's momentum of the old into the new.
For example, Apple transitions to a new OS with confidence and takes the ecosystem with it in a blink of an eye because they are trying control their momentum instead of being driven by it.
Edit: Windows can maintain backward compatibility with its ecosystem if they did it well, like Apple has done.
Instead of trying to shoehorn Linux into Windows, they could have launched another product with some of the ideas here. Then Windows 10 would not be in limbo (in terms of UI and features).
I don't understand why Apple and Microsoft feel stuck to one OS.
Trying to introduce Linux into Windows isn't one of these things. Doing a UI refresh is fine but trying to make Windows UI conform to spatial computing isn't going to help it or the ecosystem in the long term.
If you look at their app building documentation, it's extremely disconcerting. This much compatibility overhead isn't helping the ecosystem grow.