The evolution of the Windows ecosystem: Fission polymerization

December 6, 2011, Microsoft introduced the App Store Windows Store. Apple and Android application store similar to the developers and users can publish and purchase the required software through the Windows Store. Windows Store will be the only channel for Metro applications to the user push. October 26, 2012, Microsoft introduced a revolutionary change in the Windows 8 operating system (hereinafter referred to as Win8), the operating system is the first operating system to support both ARM and x86 chip architecture can be applied to desktop, notebook , tablet PCs and other terminal equipment. The same day, Microsoft launched the first self-developed tablet PC Surface RT (ARM), followed by February 9, 2013, based on the x86 architecture Tablet PC Surface Pro released. Smartphone operating system Windows Phone 8 (WP8) listed on October 11, 2012, the WP8 abandoned the WinCE kernel in favor of the Win8 NT kernel. Win8 and WP8 system is the first to support the WP version of the dual-core CPU, announced Windows Phone into the dual-core era.
Foreign research institutions research shows that in the global PC operating system market share in February 2013 Win8 steady growth in the global PC 2.79% installation is Win8. Its market share has exceeded Apple's latest operating system Mac OS X 10.8 (2.61%) of the market share. From Steam Statistics shows PC gamers for Win8 acceptance of, 9.63% of the market share of more than 9.33% of the Windows XP occupy ranks second, but data from Win7 and Win8, Win8 first The two states should continue for a very long time. App Store Windows Store the number of applications rose steadily after the release of Win8, the data show that in February 2013 the number of applications reached 44,000, if maintained at this speed development, Win8 app store the number of applications will be in the year April over 50,000 mark in 2014, or to break through the 100,000 applications mark. The same time as Microsoft's heavyweight products, released at the beginning of the Surface has been widespread concern in the industry. But the real market, the sales performance has been flat, the words of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is "fairly mild" global sales. Microsoft announced on March 1, Surface Tablet PC will be taken to a more global market, in which Surface RT is about to enter Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Surface Pro is ready to come to Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, China, New Zealand, United Kingdom.
First, the mobile Internet era, Microsoft changing lanes
"Despite Microsoft's history there have been many successful operating system, but times are changing, the mobile terminal incoming tide, Microsoft must also conform to the trend."
- The Win8 Father of Steven? Sinofsky
Win8 in terms of interface, functionality, kernel, or open environment for industry is a challenging change. The beginning of a full-screen interface, flexible magnets size, the new Windows platform ideas, the more hardware features to select a more integrated software platform, a powerful enterprise features Win8 not yet listed on the high hopes.

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