Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 21st Mar 2006 22:52 UTC, submitted by Bob Stein
Microsoft has officially announced to ActiveWin (over a conference call) the release date of Windows Vista. Windows Vista will be made officially to consumers in January 2007, while making Windows Vista available to businesses only in November 2006. In addition, there will be a feature complete Beta 2 CTP released in the next quarter.
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2005-10-06
"People seem to forget that Microsoft puts out a lot more products in a lot more product ranges than Apple does. Microsoft does operating systems, office suites (on 2 platforms), developer tools, databases, gaming consoles, games, hardware, etc. etc."
Microsoft also has over four times as many employees as Apple. Wikipedia lists the totals at 65,412 vs 14,800 for 2005.
"There's no way you can look at the last 5 years and say: "Apple has done more than Microsoft." It's nonsense. Apple has less markets to serve, and in each market except the music player market, the market Apple serves is smaller than the one MS serves.
You can't make a fair comparison in that one, boys and girls."
I think you probably can make a fair comparison. If you translate from Apple v. Microsoft to the relevant parts of this discussion: Apple's operating system division v. Microsoft's operating system division. When I look at an operating system I don't care whether the company behind it also makes something else. I don't think "Well sure there's a few security holes, but they've been really busy with the Xbox/iPod."
True there remains the size of the market served, but I for one doubt that has much impact on the people actually developing the OS from that. An OS requires certain features whether one million people use it or one hundred million do. The support division are, I imagine, seperate from the people doing the devlopment.