[N3WBI3]

They needed to take a page from Apple and forget about backward compatibility of applications. Provide everyone who buys vista with an XP VM that has access to local disk and be done with it.

At this point they are talking about how building anti-fishing mechanisms into the operating systems is worth the delay. Who the hell does Balmer have in charge of development? Rube Goldberg?

[Golden Eagle]

They needed to take a page from Apple and forget about backward compatibility of applications.

LMAO, like the richest man in the world who provides the operating system for ~90% of the workstations and ~70% of the servers shipping these days needs advice from linux hacker "noobie". Sure, he could abandon those users, like Apple and Red Hat have done to their users, but that's when you lose them. I was an Apple devotee at one time (even sold them part time at MicroAge), but when they left me and my 3 Apple II's behind they lost me not only as a vendor of their products, but as a regular customer, along with thousands of others. Good thing I didn't ever switch to NeXT or OS/2 either, as those customers got shafted in the end as well. My advice to you, stick with your hundreds of incompatible versions of linux, and leave windows and its users needs to MS.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

I agree, the VM option now that it'll be widely available(via vanderpool and pacifica) they should start cutting ties.

But that is something that their customers ask/demand, and they deserve mention for listening to their customers.

[Petronski]

Who the hell does Balmer have in charge of development? Rube Goldberg?

You can't talk to Ballmer like that, he'll throw a f***ing chair at you, you big pu**y!