Microsoft opines: Vista was 'cheesy'; drops Aero | Business Tech - CNET News

Retro to Metro, in some respects

"Microsoft published a "brief" history of the Windows interface in a blog post today that offered some flashes of candor about Vista and Windows 95 and argued that the tablet as we know it today is one device too many. Redmond also said it was dropping Aero Glass.
First and foremost, Microsoft said it has "moved beyond" Aero Glass on the Windows 8 desktop, in Friday's Building Windows 8 post."

Microsoft opines: Vista was 'cheesy'; drops Aero | Business Tech - CNET News