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I re-posted my notes on the recent Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWDC), sponsored by Apple, for those developing applications for Apple operating systems.

I re-posted them so folks could compare those notes with what is expected to come out of the developers' conference for Microsoft. While driving from Boston to Dallas, a news story on the radio suggested that the main topic will be .. get this ... Microsoft will "bring the Start button back."

I cannot make this stuff up.

Let's see if there's an internet story on this?

Yup, here it is: the headline at Christian Science Monitor --

At Build 2013, Microsoft unveils Windows 8.1 (complete with Start button)

The lede:

With Windows 8, Microsoft’s aim was to make an operating system that offered more or less the same experience on computers, tablets, and hybrid devices alike -- but many early adopters found the software confusing, since it contained features and design cues that didn’t make sense on all devices. 

With Windows 8.1, the first major update to the OS, Microsoft is bringing back familiar features that had originally been discarded, while doubling down on the idea that the OS can work equally well on a computer or a tablet.

The lack of a "Start" button was confusing for Windows early adopters.

I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E.

(So, there's no misunderstanding: this is a comment on Microsoft, not a comment on Microsoft/Windows users. I use Windows products all the time. I'm simply talking about innovation and the challenges of innovation, in the context as Fanboy #3.)