Opinion: Microsoft’s Astonishing Windows 8 Boondoggle

The other day, I got a Skype video call from my mother. This was unusual since she rarely calls me via Skype. I answered the call and saw my mother sitting in her living room, the camera at an odd angle as I looked up at her. "I hate Windows 8," she said to me. This sentiment, I assured her, was completely natural. Mother was in the midst of testing her new Window 8 tablet, trying to figure out the interface and get some work done. Calling me was her version of figuring out Skype on her newfangl...