You really need to get off your Microsoft hate train dude...
They made Microsoft OS free, plus the Metro theme skewed across all devices (Mostly in this case on the mobile market) is where its needed. You can complain all you want about the apps and what not, but the fact is this is how touch screens benefit along with apps being used to reduce energy over the usual system OS that takes much more resources to use. In fact I recall an article on here talking about the different programs (Video Players) and their counterparts playing the same videos showing which gives the best battery life in which the apps did better.
Whoa guessing you are still on windows 7, if you used windows 8/8.1 metro apps you would notice how terrible they are.... they have far less features then their desktop based counterparts.
lets take skype for example, you have less features and no x button to close the small call window so if you have someone nude on skype you have to live with it.
I AM NOT ON THE MICROSOFT HATE TRAIN..... I just hate that they dont make things equal I mean if your gonna make a metro type thing you could atleast make it all equal.
Or am I somehow missing the fact that microsoft is a tiny company with next to no money to spare on such a tiny feature....