Terry Myerson talks over the desk

Terry Myerson is the person in charge of operating systems at Microsoft. In recent years he has been gaining responsibility until taking over the domains of Windows, Windows Phone and the software part of Xbox. He is a key man in the future of the company and Mary Jo Foley was able to chat with him in an interview published now on ZDNet and in which he reviews his vision of Windows.

" With his statements, Myerson reiterates the importance of the Windows desktop for Microsoft. At Redmond they seem to have accepted that different devices require different environments, and Myerson stresses that we&39;re going to have machines that provide a good desktop experience, even though that&39;s not the right experience for mobile or tablet.Adapting to all situations that the Windows user may encounter now seems the best option."

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In last week&39;s Build keynote, Myerson was in charge of announcing and briefly showing an image of a new start menu and running Modern UI apps on the desktop. Apparently in Redmond they considered it important to share it with the developers, but they are not yet ready to publish it and Myerson has not wanted to give any dates or clues about the arrival of the renewed start menu "

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Their appearance could be seen as a retreat from Microsoft, but Myerson assures that this is not the case and that they are simply listening and responding to user feedbackAccording to the manager, in Redmond they still believe in touch, but there are hundreds of millions of new PCs that are shipped every year without a touch option and they also want to give them adequate support."

On Windows RT, Myerson continues to believe that the version of the operating system for ARM processors continues to have a future and they will continue to opt for it. The question arises about the possible merger of Windows RT and Windows Phone, on which he avoids making a clear statement.

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It&39;s interesting, though, the way Myerson understands and explains the idea of ​​a unified Windows. For the manager, the most important issue is the single platform to develop across the Internet of Things, mobile phones, tablets, PCs, Xbox, Perceptive Pixel screens, and the cloud. That&39;s what they mean in Redmond when they talk about one Windows: a way for developers to target the entire Windows ecosystem at once. "

Via | ZDNet