Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Aug 2009 09:21 UTC
Last week we talked about what Linux (well, okay, X) could learn from Windows Vista and Windows 7, focusing on the graphics stack. A short article over at TechWorld lists seven things Windows 7 should learn from the Linux world. Some of them are spot-on, a few are nonsensical, and of course, and I'm sure you have a few to add too.
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2006-12-07
I am not quite sure about release cycle. I think that term has meaning when the cycle is fixed, or it takes place in nearly fixed intervals. Those who release distributions are not, in general, the same ones who write software included. So, I think, distribution creator checks what is available, and decides if it will be in next release, or not.
Microsoft is the sole company behind Windows, so, when they have something, they release. They don't wait for anyone else. It took quite long to releaee Vista, and, apparently, it was too early. I have a feeling that Windows 3.11 were just an upgrade (or even bugfix) for Windows 3.1. The same goes for Win98 and Win95, and WinXP and Win2000. Actually, there are too many releases and too few upgrades, I think. Perhaps, some of those "upgrades" should have been available free of charge for users who bought "base" version, because they fixed problems in previous releases.