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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 23rd Aug 2006 17:53 UTC

"I have been testing Microsoft operating systems since Windows 95, and this is the buggiest OS I've seen this late in development," says Joe Wilcox, an analyst with Jupiter Research. "Look at the older operating systems, and by Beta 2 there is a stable foundation on which the [independent software vendors] can build. Right now, Vista is like a ship on stormy seas."

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RE: Hm

by snozzberry on Wed 23rd Aug 2006 18:17 UTC in reply to "Hm"

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2005-11-14

Hardware vendors write drivers which rely on undocumented behavior, that breaks with new OS releases? Color me shocked.

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RE[2]: Hm

by Nelson on Wed 23rd Aug 2006 18:29 in reply to "RE: Hm"

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2005-11-29

Undocumented behavior? I'd call it more of overly complex driver model. If you havn't seen the Channel9 video on Kernel Mode Drivers you can see that they're working on improving it to handle a lot of the mess which could lead to problems.

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RE[3]: Hm

by snozzberry on Wed 23rd Aug 2006 18:39 in reply to "RE[2]: Hm"

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2005-11-14

Too many hoops to jump through? I could believe that (without pointing any fingers).

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