Windows 8 is clearly facing an uphill battle, but many businesses can’t afford not to upgrade. At this point it seems inconceivable that all of the world’s businesses will migrate from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 (or whatever the latest Windows 8 version is) by April 2014. Indeed, Windows 8 celebrates its first birthday later this month. That’s a much bigger number than 16 million, but still a fraction of the some 217 million PCs sold since Windows 8 launched. In May 2013, Microsoft released what would be its last public Windows 8 sales numbers, reporting that license sales had reached 100 million. Consumers struggled with the new OS and its lack of apps, and the poor first impression rippled throughout the retail and enterprise markets. But then the harsh reality of Windows 8 set in.
