Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Nov 2006 22:53 UTC
Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 for businesses on Nov. 30, an event company CEO Steve Ballmer said was the "biggest launch we've ever done." After delivering a media address at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in New York to celebrate the product availability, Ballmer sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli to talk about why he feels this is a new day for Microsoft, developers and its customers. CNet has more.
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2005-07-06
People have a right to express their opinion.
And before quoting Gates (who is delusional anyway): he has some unique (read: false) idea about what "new generation" is. Win95 was really something new, no more DOS (they've hidden it..kinda), all everything in GUI, ... That was a true next gen (for Microsoft). Nextgen usualy involves some evolution and since this is not 1980 anymore, changes done to Windows in last 6 years are way smaller than changes in competitive OSes in past 6 months ...sure, they gave it a new GUI since this is the first thing users see + some "security" stuff they think we need, but this product is really poor quality (yes, I have tested it, also the final version) and has some major bugs still present, not to mention how customers will respond when they see most dialogs still EXACTLY (minut theme) the same as in XP, with all the options, annoyances and bugs. I wouldn't call this a "new generation". I'm pretty sure a same group of excellent coders working on Vista should be able to rewrite an OS from scratch in that period, especialy fulltime paid coders. So are we supposed to pay for same old shit, just painter differently? Be my guest.
My 5 cents.
Edited 2006-12-01 09:00