__/ [ Freeride ] on Saturday 12 May 2007 07:36 \__
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http://news.com.com/Microsoft+cuts+Windows+virtualization+features/2100-1016_3-6182852.html?tag=cd.top
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>>The company is changing three key features of the hypervisor technology
>>to try to stick to its schedule of releasing the technology within 180
>>days of completing its Windows Server "Longhorn" operating system, due to
>>be finalized before the end of the year. The features will be included in
>>a future version of Viridian, formally called Windows Server
>>Virtualization, the company said.
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>>The first feature that is being taken out of the initial Viridian release
>>is so-called live migration, which enables people to move a running
>>virtual machine from one physical server to another. The initial release
>>of Viridian also won't support on-the-fly, or "hot," adding of memory,
>>storage, processors or network cards. And it will only support computers
>>with a maximum of 16 processing cores--for example, eight dual-core chips
>>or four quad-core chips.
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>>The move limits Viridian's initial scope and gives more breathing room to
>>competing projects--most notably Xen and VMware.
>
>>"Those guys just can't get a product out the door to save their lives.
>>Not having live migrate a year from now--talk about 'behind the times.'
>>Windows development is just broken," Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff said.
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>>"For a (version) 1.0 virtualization offering to be missing critical
>>features a year hence puts Microsoft in a truly bad market position,
>>perhaps to the point where they should seriously consider partnering with
>>VMware."
>
>
>>In a blog posting, the general manager of virtualization strategy at
>>Microsoft, Mike Neil, said the company is making some "tough decisions"
>>to meet its schedule.
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>>"Shipping is a feature too," Neil said.
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>
> I love this quote!! Micro$hafts best feature is polishing and shipping
> turds!! :)
Shipping Vista (more like an alpha of it) was also an achievement. Never mind
the quality, as long as a few people will pay for new software (which they
cannot escape after 2007).
>>VMware, the leading x86 virtualization company, has supported live
>>migration since 2003 with its VMotion software. And the EMC subsidiary's
>>Virtual Infrastructure 3 software--available for more than a
>>year--enables much of the higher-level incarnation of virtualization that
>>treats multiple servers as a pool of computing power.
>
> Rack up another failure for Micro$oft!
>
> Live.com = failure (Google kicking thier ass!)
> Viridian = failure (VMWare kicking thier ass!)
> Vista = failure (Ubuntu/Linux catching up to thier desktop monopoly ass!)
> And comming soon Longhorn = failure! (What a fscking disaster this OS will
> be! Vista on the server! :))
Longhorn /is/ Vista, tweaked for server purposes. Vista /is/ Server 2003 (XP
tweaked for server purposes), plus 6 months involving the strapping of some
code onto it (October 2005-March 2006).
I'll repeat some citations/link which show why it's game over for Windows (in
its current form).
More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing
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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..."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=30516
,----[ Quote ]
| "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?"
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/04/29/vista_end_dream/
A history of Microsoft Windows - the inside story exposed
,----[ Quote ]
| 2004: (...)
| THE MANAGEMENT: "What do you mean it still doesn't work? Try
| harder!"
|
| 2005: (...)
| "MAKE IT WORK! FOR GOD'S SAKE, MAKE IT WORK! Well, throw it away
| and use the server version then, that seems all right. Look, they
| won't know the difference, drop the database stuff, nobody remembers
| what we said in 1995 now! That was ten years ago! "Apple has what?
| 3D acceleration? So, we have DirectX. What, in the desktop? Really?
| What, even Stallman's beardie-weirdies have it? Oh hell. Right, you
| lot, make it look like this!"
|
| 2006: Windows Vista
| THE MANAGEMENT: "Look, if we trickle it out to those mugs, I mean,
| valued customers who've already paid, we can say we released it this
| year and it'll buy us some more time..."
|
| 2007: No, really Windows Vista, honest
| MARKETING DEPT: "Never mind the features, look at it! Isn't it shiny?
| Yes! Pretty!"
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37962
Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
|
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
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."
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http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/09/11/ms-insider-the-office-crew-isnt-smart-enough-to-supplant-real-windows-developers/
http://tinyurl.com/35eqrt
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