The issue focused on technology within Windows 8. Microsoft apparently decided to release Windows 8 on Windows 8.1 devices with Windows 8.1 software (that Windows 8.1 software would also be Windows 8.1 software for devices using Windows 8.1 software). Microsoft seems to have decided that Windows 8.1 devices would also have Windows 8.1 software on Windows 8.1 devices. Microsoft doesn't seem to have decided that Windows 8.1 devices would also have Windows 8.1 software on Windows 8.