Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Jul 2007 12:54 UTC
Six months ago, after a long gestation period, Microsoft finally released Windows Vista. Vista is a huge release; not only because of the long list of new features, but also because of its sheer size, and number of bugs and other oddities and downsides. The development process that lead to Vista has left many with a very bitter aftertaste; features were cut, codebases were scrapped, release dates postponed. A few days ago, Microsoft released some sparse details on Vista's successor, internally dubbed 'Windows 7', and in order to prevent another Vista-like development cycle, here is what I would advise Microsoft to do. Update: APCMag reports that Julie Larson-Green, who was the driving force behind Office 2007's new Ribbon user interface, has been transferred to the Windows 7 GUI team.
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2006-09-19
I like the idea a lot to pack old lagacy apps in VMs. Actually this is what I'm doing right now. But it opens much more possibilities: You don't have to run Windows at all, natively. Choose the host OS that you like and that best fits your needs. And something tells me that this is what Microsoft really dreads: freedom of choice for their customers and the possibility to move a away from a OS monoculture. Let's not forget that far far reaching lock-in contracts are part of Microsoft's business culture.