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
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.html?part=rss&tag=6124945&subj=news
[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/Computing/Platforms?Article=/Computing/Platforms/R7G5G6U4
[3] In Depth: The Next Windows After Vista Will Demand Radical Rethinking
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