Microsoft may revert to separate release schedules for consumer and business versions of Windows, the company's top OS executive hinted this week.



From Computerworld:

At a technology symposium hosted by financial services giant Credit Suisse, Tony Myerson acknowledged the operating system adoption chasm between consumers and more conservative corporations. Myerson, who formerly led the Windows Phone team, was promoted in July to head all client-based OS development, including that for smartphones, tablets, PCs and the Xbox game console.

"The world has shown that these two different customers really have divergent needs," said Myerson Wednesday, according to a transcript of his time on stage. "And there may be different cadences, or different ways in which we talk to those two customers. And so [while Windows] 8.1 and [Windows] 8.1 Pro both came at the same time, it's not clear to me that's the right way to serve the consumer market. [But] it may be the right way to continue serving the enterprise market."

  Microsoft exec hints at separate Windows release trains for consumers, business