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This reminds of the whole 'MS is killing .NET' articles that were taken for fact a few months ago.

Eg: "Are .NET programmers going extinct?" "Are .NET developers the next buggy whip makers?" http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/06/devwir-net-java-html5.html

There are rumors both ways about whether existing WP7 devices will get WP8:

http://wmpoweruser.com/rumor-windows-phone-8-being-tested-on...

For good or bad, MS is being tightlipped about a lot of things these days, and taking speculation for granted hits the credibility of the article writers.

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I really wish people would stop submitting ExtremeTech articles. Their writing is bullshit, their reporting is speculative, and their staff doesn't seem to care about facts or legitimacy. They're the Perez Hilton of tech journalism. They make Gizmodo seem like a bastion of integrity.

"They're the Perez Hilton of tech journalism."

Thank you, good sir. That just made my day. I will have to use that one in the future.

On topic: Fragmentation doesn't always mean the end of the world. A lot of people could not spot the differences between iOS 4 and 5, or Froyo and ICS. As far as development goes, MS has gone on record to say that all WP7 apps will run on WP8. Personally, I'll just wait and see what will come of this before throwing my lot in with the Perez Hiltons of tech journalism.

> I really wish people would stop submitting ExtremeTech articles.

I agree.

There are only a few people submitting ExtremeTech articles.

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%28extremet...

I actually saw one ExtremeTech article that was submitted by the author. I really would have liked to have a conversation with the author and figure out if it's the editorial staff or the writers who decide what to post and how much they're going to support it with facts.

Unfortunately (fortunately?) the article that was submitted was actually of a decent quality level and I couldn't find anything to disagree with. I didn't want to call out the author to make them speak ill of his/her coworkers, so I've been waiting to see another article submitted by the author of said article, who then also comments on it.

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