Windows 8 Incoming Features
You don’t have to be a genius to be certain that Microsoft is working on the next Windows version for a while now. And even though there isn’t much around about it, gathering a lot of hints, here’s a report about possible (and some certain) next features:
- Hibernation improvements: Windows 8 will include a special Hibernation/Resume API that will replace Windows Vista Xpress compression engine used in the hibernation process. Windows 7 includes some improvements in this area, but they are promising a whole new experience.
- Kernel security enhanced. PatchGuard feature (Windows’ kernel security module) will provide a new and enhanced security.
- Maintaining and improving DirectAccess feature for mobile users. Presented in Windows 7 (along with BranchCache), DirectAccess brings a better experience for mobile users outside the organization.
- New user interface. Nothing much about this, but they are promising a new one.
- Improvements in the Remote Desktop protocol and other Server tools.
- New download experience.
- New networking features.
- Windows 8 Application Server. For the server version, will include (like already has) the application server role but with a new strategy.
This new operating system, since it will be a major release that will include also the server version, will be in 2012. But still is too early to be certain about things.
On a side note, once I’ve heard that Microsoft always uses a transition operating system in the middle of the main releases. For example: Windows Millennium (between Windows 98 and Windows XP) and Windows Vista (between Windows XP and Windows 7). So, where do you think Windows 8 is? 
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As far as I know, that transition OS statement is true. All Windows versions with even numbers were transitional. Anybody remembers Windows 2? Or Windows 95 (ver 4)? How many people are using XP (ver 5) and how many Vista (ver 6)? There is no need to break the tradition with Windows 8