__/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 12 August 2006 13:30 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>>
http://www.desktoppipeline.com/191600891;jsessionid=DOVISMGPJ5U4KQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN
>>>
>>> Ballmer Analyzes Microsoft's 'One Big' Vista Mistake
>>>
>>> CEO says the company bit off more than it could chew.
>>>
>>> They'll be cleaning up that code for a long time to come. Maybe some
>>> good will come of it. Maybe they won't have some much time on their
>>> hands to churn up the code for no good reason.
>>
>>
>> Ballmer also said that Windows "needed a reboot". Not a
>> reboot of a Windows installation.... but the actual
>> _development_ of Windows. This must be why Microsoft started
>> from scratch around September 2005. A shame really. 6 months
>> in development results in a release of a new O/S, as opposed
>> to some Service Pack (at most). Even the time gap between
>> Tiger and Leopard is far more considerable. There was no
>> need to reboot. To make matters worse, Microsoft is _yet_ to
>> rework the code of Vista, the majority of which requires a
>> redesign, according to the honourable Jim Allchin. Whether
>> they will fall back to the source code of Windows 2000....
>> we are yet to find out. Starting from the Vista codebase,
>> with its immense bloat (and thus hardware requirements)
>> would be a terrible, irreversible mistake.
>
> Uh, Roy, why do you think Microsoft has a Linux lab?
They (Port 25) interviewed the creator of Mono yesterday. It was shocking, so
I didn't bother to take a look (a forbidden URL). And they actually have
some Tux dolls in this lab. The founder/father of Gentoo didn't last there
for more than about 5 months. He just left. Still, that's long than Kennedy
who left last week (he joined the Live team in April, IIRC). It stinks
really bad. Even the head of that Open Source lab (Bill Hilf) is ridiculing
Linux. Maybe these Tux dolls are actually used as voodoo dolls. Not
surprising given that Hilf accumulated newspaper headline about Linux. He
probably collects them in a box like some psychopath...
Best wishes,
Roy
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