Quote Originally Posted by Platypus View Post

... medium term and postpone the paradigm shift beyond Windows 8 should be transitioning to Win 7 now.
Quote Originally Posted by foxy View Post

Is this English? (emphasis is mine) He-he.
Medium Term
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-term
To differentiate an interval or duration, common phrases are used to distinguish the observance of length are near-term or short-term, medium-term or mid-term and long-term.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mediumterm.asp
An asset holding period or investment horizon that is intermediate in nature. The exact period of time that is considered medium term depends on the investor's personal preferences, as well as on the asset class under consideration. In the fixed-income market, bonds that have a maturity period of between five to 10 years are considered to be medium-term bonds.

Paradigm Shift
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paradigm+shift
a radical change in underlying beliefs or theory. [C20: coined by T.S. Kuhn (1922--96), US philosopher of science] ...

Transition
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/se...nsition%5B2%5D
to make a change from one state, place, or condition to another ...