__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Sunday 29 April 2007 22:04 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flyer
> <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:37:38 -0700
> <MPG.209e85d16aa907199896d0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> In article <59jpm7F2l82r1U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> says...
>>> "In the long years since XP was launched, Apple have come out with five
>>> major upgrades to OS X, upgrades which (dare I say it?) install with
>>> about as much effort as it takes to brush your teeth in the morning. No
>>> nightmare calls to tech-support, no sudden hardware incompatibilities, no
>>> hassle. Why hasn?t Microsoft kept up? Unmaintainable"
>>>
>>> "Right now, Microsoft has nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. After all
>>> the hype surrounding Vista, the Emperor has finally been revealed in all
>>> his naked glory. Some folks have been predicting the demise of Microsoft.
>>> I wouldn?t go that far, but I am wondering how we?re ever going to take
>>> Microsoft seriously again?"
>>>
>>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/04/29/vista_end_dream/
That seems about right. Have a look.
,----[ Quote ]
| "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..."
`----
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computing/Platforms?Article=/Computing/Platforms/R7G5G6U4
MS Insider: The Office Crew Isn't Smart Enough to Supplant Real Windows
Developers
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| "With Alchin retiring, MarkL and MarkZ, two of the most talented
| architects in MS already having left, the picture gets really
| ugly for the Windows division," my friend claimed, and the BV's
| core team members, Ian McDonald, Jack Mayo, Todd Wanke, Clyde
| Rodriguez and others are starting to connect the dots.
|
| [...]
|
| He concluded ominously. "A trainwreck of biblical proportions looms.
| Pick a good seat on the sidelines, trainwrecks this large take
| awhile to complete. Vista may be the last MS OS for some time to
| come, especially if Cutler decides to play hardball."
`----
http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/09/11/ms-insider-the-office-crew-isnt-smart-enough-to-supplant-real-windows-developers/
http://tinyurl.com/35eqrt
>> Windows is dead. Win File System is dead. Microsoft is dead. The rest of
>> the world is building much better stuff.
>
> Not quite dead yet. Not that it's looking all that lively,
> and it's not a question of if, but of when. However,
> there's a large amount of inertia involved.
>
> After all, if it ain't broke, why fix it? And many may not
> consider Windows broken because they simply haven't looked
> underneath the shiny new Aero coloring to the bug-filled
> crap beneath.
>
> We shall see. I for one hope that it's a soft landing,
> death-wise; the last thing anyone in Washington state
> wants is an economy that goes kaboom because of the failure
> of a certain $46B/year company.
>
> (That's a lot of coffee. :-) )
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