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Opinion: Windows' days may be numbered
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| Some very interesting documents have been leaking out of Microsoft. They
| clearly indicate, believe it or not, that Microsoft is considering shifting
| its users from Windows to a new operating system: Midori.
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| And, when I say "new," I mean new. This isn't the kind of lip-service change
| that we saw with David Cutler and NT or Jim Allchin and Vista. Midori, under
| Eric Rudder, senior vice president for technical strategy, isn't a cosmetic
| change; it's a completely new operating system.
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| [...]
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| Now, you may not believe that the Linux desktop or the Mac is really taking
| market share from Windows, but they are. In the U.K., Linux was preinstalled
| on 2.9% of all PCs sold in June. Meanwhile, 14% of all PCs sold in the U.S.
| are Macs. People are no longer mindlessly buying Windows systems, and
| Microsoft knows that.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=knowledge_center&articleId=323550&taxonomyId=1&intsrc=kc_feat
Microsoft prepares for end of Windows
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| "Breaking with the legacy of a product that first shipped 23 years ago seems
| wholly necessary in terms of keeping the product manageable and in sync with
| computing’s state of the art," Brust says. "If Midori isn’t real, then I
| imagine something of this nature still must be in the works. It’s absolutely
| as necessary, if not more so, to Microsoft’s survival as their initiatives
| around internet advertising, search and cloud computing offerings."
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/221F95C4A5A606D5CC25749E0075427C
Without backward compatibility, there's no reason to be stuck with Windows.
Vista proved it. People start looking elsewhere.
Windows is no longer maintainable. Good night, Windows.
Related:
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
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| "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
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| 2004: (...)
| THE MANAGEMENT: "What do you mean it still doesn't work? Try
| harder!"
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| 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 cuts Windows virtualization features
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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.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6182852.html
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.
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| 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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