MSFT: "The learning curve is definitely real,"...

5:30 AM "The learning curve is definitely real," Microsoft's (MSFT) head of marketing and finance tells the Financial Times, in a partial explanation of why the company will reportedly change "key aspects" of how Windows 8 works when a new version is released later this year. The company's apparent about-face is being likened to Coke's infamous New Coke debacle and it appears MSFT will attempt to appease those whose difficulties adjusting to the tablet-like interface have prompted calls for the return of a more familiar PC experience. Read comments

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