Microsoft will combine different versions of Windows into a single system.

Immediately it should be said that this is not about “merging” Windows 95 and Windows 8.1, for example, not at all.

Satya Nadella announced his intention to combine the Windows OS for different platforms into a single unified system.
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Prerequisites for such a course of events were outlined in April, when the company announced a package tool for developers, nicknamed the "Holy Grail". This package allows you to create unified applications that can be run on various platforms, including Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox.

But now, Microsoft is making even more significant changes, and combines the three main versions of Windows OS into a unified operating system, to which the expression “one size fits all” quite suits.

"We will create a new version of Windows of the three operating systems into a single consolidated operating system for displays of all sizes," said the current head of Microsoft.

According to Satya Nadella, earlier various development teams designed different versions of Windows for different platforms. Now the disparate teams combined into one team with a common architecture. This allows you to talk about creating Universal Windows Apps. "

As for different versions of the same OS, Microsoft will sell versions such as Windows Pro edition, Windows Enterprise edition, and others. But "inside" is a single system.

The corporation also intends to unify its stores, marketing policies and platforms for developers.

Presumably, we will see consolidated Windows with Windows 9, which should appear in 2015.

Via businessinsider