Migration to Windows 8 won’t be a shoo-in, with a number of issues remaining to be addressed before Microsoft can expect the majority of its users to migrate to the new version of the operating system. A new survey from Information Week Analytics, “Research: Windows 8″, finds that the migration strategy appears to be predicated upon people migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 8, when it has already been clear that a significant minority of existing users are still running Windows XP – which demonstrates the sort of problem that Microsoft is facing. The new OS is scheduled to come out in beta in February and for final shipment in the second half of the year.
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