Handover Phist <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2006-12-03, Hadron Quark <qadronhuark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> arachnid <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:06:44 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Vista: Microsoft's Last 'Big Bang' Operating System?
>>>>
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>>>> | Yet for all the design missteps, overly ambitious plans, and personnel
>>>> | changes that led to a five-year lag between versions of Windows,
>>>> | questions about the future of Microsoft's software are top of mind for
>>>> | customers and partners. Ballmer swears to never let as much time elapse
>>>> | between Windows versions; the question now is how the company can keep
>>>> | churning out innovative products on a compressed timetable.
>>>> `----
>>>
>>> *KEEP* churning out "innovative products"? I'm still waiting for the first
>>> one.
>>
>> Did you miss windows 3.1? Made them billionaires and bought a low cost
>> GUI OS to the mainstream.
>
> OK, it 'innovated' Gates and Ballmer into billionaires. It didn't do
> much for software innovation though. Hell, sit down and watch 'Pirates
> of Silicon Valley'.
You dont think so?
Id say it influenced a lot. The entire suite of Visual languages were
also innovative IMO.
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