Razlika između verzija stranice "Windows 8.1"

Početkom maja 2013., štampa otkriva nadolazeću verziju u listovima Financial Times i The Economist, negativno poredeći Windows 8 sa novom [[Coca-cola]]-om.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/330c8b8e-b66b-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html | title=Microsoft prepares rethink on Windows 8 flagship software | publisher=[[Financial Times]] | work=[[FT.com]] | date=7 May 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2014 | last=Waters | first=Richard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.economist.com/news/business/21577371-windows-8-only-beginning-microsofts-problems-microsoft-blues | title=Schumpeter: Microsoft blues | publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited | work=[[The Economist]] | date=11 May 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2014 | first=Joseph | last=Schumpeter}}</ref> Tema je odjeknula i izvedena je debata u štampi za računare.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/windows-8-new-coke-thats-insult-new-coke-218441 | title=Windows 8 as New Coke? That's an insult to New Coke | publisher=[[IDG]] | work=[[InfoWorld]] | date=13 May 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2014 | last=Cringely | first=Robert X.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038560/microsoft-isnt-planning-windows-eight-wake-amid-new-coke-comparisons.html | title=Microsoft douses comparisons of Windows 8 to 'New Coke' | publisher=[[IDG]] | work=[[PC World]] | date=11 May 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2014 | last=DesMarais | first=Christina}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2013/05/08/microsoft_coke_moment_windows_8/ | title=Coke? Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Vista moment' | work=[[The Register]] | date=8 May 2013 | accessdate=12 January 2014 | first=Gavin | last=Clarke}}</ref> Shaw je ovo ocijenio kao "ekstremno",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57584029-75/microsoft-responds-to-extreme-windows-8-criticism/ | title=Microsoft responds to 'extreme' Windows 8 criticism | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work=[[CNET]] | date=11 May 2013 | accessdate=12 January 2014 | last=Crothers | first=Brooke}}</ref> dodajući da smatra poređenje 8.1 sa dijetetskom Coca-Cola-om mnogo adekvatnije.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9239233/Windows_8_isn_t_New_Coke_says_top_Microsoft_exec_it_s_Diet_Coke | title=Windows 8 isn't New Coke, says top Microsoft exec; it's Diet Coke | publisher=[[IDG]] | work=[[Computerworld]] | date=15 May 2013 | accessdate=12 January 2014 | last=Keizer | first=Gregg}}</ref>