It may be a south-of-the-equator mentality, but it's not going to be summer in all of the 190 countries when Windows 10 is launched. differing calendars aside could USA-centric press releases just mention the month rather than the season?
That's <i>really</i> soon, which fills me with dread. The UI as seen in the most recent pre-release builds is atrocious and it seems to be getting worse, not better, with each build.<p>Just look at these icons: <a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-10036-83-updated-icons-in-this-build" rel="nofollow">http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-10036-83-updated-icons...</a><p>Perhaps they're pulling another 'Watercolor' (the pre-release decoy Windows XP theme that was replaced by Luna at the last minute), but I'm not getting my hopes up.
It's going to be free for some Win7/Win8 users[1], I still use Win7 so I'm looking forward to the upgrade.<p>1: <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-free-upgrade-for-windows-7-and-8-users.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-...</a>
I think this is as excited as I've been for a Windows release since '95. Which isn't saying a whole lot, but still, this will be the first time I've felt any desire to try upgrading to a new release as soon as it becomes available in 20 years.
For anyone who checks comments first, I believe this is a better link.<p><a href="http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/17/windows-10-launching-this-summer-in-190-countries-and-111-languages/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/17/windows-...</a><p>Article linked to is a very brief summary that links to the above.