Just a few months ago you barely came across any mentions about Windows 8, the next major iteration of the Windows client, referred to officially by Microsoft as Windows vNext.
However, with Windows 8 reportedly approaching the Beta development milestone sometime in the second half of 2011, the volume of information about of the operating system available in the wild has exploded.
Leaked screenshot and bits and pieces of unconfirmed information are widely available, and despite this Windows 7’s market share continues to grow unhindered.
According to the latest statistics from Net Applications, at the end of March 2011, Windows 7’s usage share had climbed to as much as 24.17% from 23.08% the previous month.
