well lucky us, this is all thanks to developers developers developers developers developers developers developers ....haha for a laugh... hxxp://youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE didn't see this article posted yet, might be a form of it already here, but oh well, i just got it in my inbox...so check it out hxxp://zdnet.com/microsoft-reverses-course-releases-windows-8-1-rtm-to-developers-7000020402/?s_cid=e589&ttag=e589
Yes, its all thanks to the wonderful developers all around! With enough valid complaints and the passion from developers, Microsoft would have just brushed the decision decide. Thank you developers developers developers developers! You are all awesome!
Win8.1 has a lot of compatibility issues and they know about, so restrict the final version for Developers and end people at the same time would be brick the user experience with the release.