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<h1 style="text-align: center;">ny post says balmer&nbsp;will have to answer if&nbsp;windows 8 unsuccessfull</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] I was reading an <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-Windows-8-Fails-to-Impress-Ballmer-Could-Be-Out-315303.shtml%20" target="_blank">article on the softpedia</a>&nbsp;website which was reporting that Steve Balmer (MSFT CEO) was on his way out if windows 8 was unsuccessfull but <strong>more importantly</strong> we can see that from&nbsp;Balmers quotes that he also agrees that &nbsp;"you dont need the start menu", along with several other key personell over at redmond hq,</li>
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<li>this article&nbsp;referred to a NY POST article which doesnt actually state that Balmer is on the way out ...</li>
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<li><strong>]&nbsp;this NY post article</strong>, states that msft CEO may have to "answer some questions" should windows 8 sales not pan out (you think?)&nbsp;and that sales of windows 8 licences are slow, but the article has some interesting numbers on w8 platform sales</li>
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<li>] phone sales are on pace for 4x last years 4th qtr #'s of 2.5 million units,</li>
<li>] gartner predicts msft&nbsp;to have 16% market share by 2016 ( they currently have&nbsp;&lt; 2) &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>] surface sales are likely in the 1 million unit ballpark for 2012 q4</li>
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<li><strong>] Steve Balmer</strong>,- after the&nbsp;new product launch in October, when questioned on wether microsoft would bring back the start button ...</li>
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<li>"That won&rsquo;t happen", Ballmer told The Associated Press,</li>
<li>especially because users have &ldquo;a whole screen as a Start button.&rdquo; Of course, he points out that</li>
<li>Windows 8&rsquo;s <strong>Start Screen is much more useful than just a Start button</strong>, as it also lets you launch files and apps extremely easy.</li>
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<li><strong>] Julie Larsen Green -</strong> in an interview with MIT ( one of the new co-presidents of the windows division at microsoft ), AGREES, <strong>you dont need the start button</strong></li>
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<li>&nbsp;Instead of having to find many little rocks to look underneath, you see a kind of dashboard of everything that&rsquo;s going on and everything you care about all at once. It puts you closer to what you&rsquo;re trying to get done.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508311/the-woman-charged-with-making-windows-8-succeed/">http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508311/the-woman-charged-with-making-windows-8-succeed/</a></li>
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<li><strong>] Stephen Sinofsky</strong> - formerly (windows) division president, was apparently the one who insisted for a Start Screen in Windows 8 and voices familiar with the matter claim that he even managed to convince Ballmer to dump the Start button.</li>
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<li>"the new Start Screen has the same fate as the Start button. Everybody criticized it at first and now they can live without it. It&rsquo;s just a matter of time to get used to it, he said. So it&rsquo;s all just a matter of time until everybody gets used to it</li>
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<li><strong>] tech republic - </strong></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/you-dont-really-need-a-start-menu-in-windows-8/6954">http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/you-dont-really-need-a-start-menu-in-windows-8/6954</a></li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>] why do i need/want/use this [what]</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;to use [what]</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] to use [what]</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li>] what in action</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li>] getting started with [what] step-by-step</li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-Windows-8-Fails-to-Impress-Ballmer-Could-Be-Out-315303.shtml">http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-Windows-8-Fails-to-Impress-Ballmer-Could-Be-Out-315303.shtml</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>has additional links to</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/window_pain_for_ballmer_4hGeo5cjUHOi6WM0n3UuNJ">http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/window_pain_for_ballmer_4hGeo5cjUHOi6WM0n3UuNJ</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] msft data on win 8 users</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508546/microsoft-has-been-watching-and-it-says-youre-getting-used-to-windows-8/">http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508546/microsoft-has-been-watching-and-it-says-youre-getting-used-to-windows-8/</a></li>
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