Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Jun 2006 21:53 UTC
Microsoft will have showcase applications ready in time for the Vista launch, which is still set for January 2007, company officials said. But given recent lawsuits and public disagreements with the likes of Symantec and Adobe Systems - two of Microsoft's biggest independent software vendor partners - which vendors are likely to be leading the Vista charge?
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2005-12-31
Expect MS to use all their bought in software development groups to bring out Vista exclusive apps. Starting with Office, MS/partner developed games, Media Player/etc. It might be Blueray/HD-DVD/HDCP support but something will make people "need" to upgrade to Vista whether they really want to or not.
A lot of people moved to XP for it's stability. Vista promises security and great functionality/looks, whether it will deliver is still uncertain. But given MS's track record it won't be long before people will have to upgrade before they can use program X or Y.
OK MS gave people a little bit of a break between 2k and XP but in many ways XP was not a huge leap from 2k and 2k wasn't really supposed to be a Home OS. But Vista promises to open up another huge gap between MS OSes.