Leopard vs Vista 5: Development Challenges
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| Linux and other open source projects also illustrate the success behind
| shipping early and often, with many free and open source projects offering
| new software builds on a daily basis.
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| # From 2002-2006, Microsoft dropped features, changed plans, and
| started over several times in protracted efforts to ship Longhorn
| ...just as Apple had fumbled around with Copland ten years earlier.
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| # By 2006, it was obvious that Microsoft's Longhorn was not going to live
| up to the hype, and would really be just a refresh of the existing Windows
| XP ...just as Copland had been gutted in 1996 and its salvaged remains
| delivered as the optimistically named Mac OS 8.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/D1C45F9C-CB5F-4A6A-B1FE-ED016E93DC7F.html
Related:
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computing/Platforms?Article=/Computing/Platforms/R7G5G6U4
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| Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new
| Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company
| "scrambles" to fix internal problems a Microsoft insider has
| confirmed to SHN.
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