microsoft capitulates! again and again

Just days after caving in to avalanche of negative publicity on X-box online requirement and used game sharing, Microsoft has capitulated again, announcing that Windows 8.1 is bringing back the Start button and now allowing users to boot right into the desktop instead of Metro. The decision is likely due to slumping sales of Windows 8 that tried to push Metro interface into PC

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/26/mic...rch-tool-more/

Microsoft has also recently reversed its Office 2013 policy, which previously tied each license for software to a machine as opposed to user

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/win...-relieved/7351