On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:59:17 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft puts the post-Vista wheels in motion
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> | Windows Vista is not fully baked, but that doesn't mean senior management
> | isn't already thinking about "Vista+1" as they like to call the next
> | Windows client release...
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=45
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> This name may be an implication that Vista is not satisfactory [1], as judged
> by Microsoft's own eyes. What surprises me is that they still neglect
> Singularity and ignore the need to rewrite [2,3]. Below are some very
> relevant (and recent) articles.
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> [1] Vista still not ready for prime time (published yesterday)
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> | The overall quality of this $399 Windows Vista Ultimate edition
> | isn't deserving of final-release-candidate status, says CNET's Robert
> | Vamosi. Expect to see at least one more interim build or perhaps even
> | another release candidate soon.
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> http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6124945.fhtml?part=rss&tag=6124945&subj=news
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> [2]
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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... Microsoft has also admitted that it has major problems in
> | it's Windows division and has has immediately initiated a total
> | restructure of the division..."
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> http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Comhputing/Platforms?Article=/Computing/Platforms/R7G5G6U4
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> [3] In Depth: The Next Windows After Vista Will Demand Radical
> Rethinking From Microsoft
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> | Microsoft is at a crossroads, and the operating system that follows
> | Vista will likely mark a serious break from the past. That is, if
> | Microsoft can figure out how to do things differently.
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> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192501131&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
Another on topic article brought to you by Roy.
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