So, in other words, rush it to market. That's what they did with Vista - how did that turn out?
By my calculation, Windows 7 is 88 less than Windows 95.
From some searching on the net, it appears the end date for purchasing Windows XP with a new computer or at retail is June 30 of this year. That would leave a year of only Vista systems on new Windows computers before this next operating system comes along. I guess we will have to make do in the meantime or get that piece of crap, which is unlikely to run current hardware (for example I have a HP Laserjet 6P that I bought in 1996 that is doing just fine at age 12). Also XP SP-3 should be out by then too (yeah, I know the beta is out now).
As the story went, he had all of Windows function names printed out and their dependencies mapped with lines to connect them. He posted the whole mess on the wall for all the developers to see. Then, on another wall, he posted the same thing for Linux, so they could really see the difference, and what they were up against.
Apparently, he has made some real major changes in the developers' thinking and is making them write a much stronger and more sensible underlying O/S this time around.
As I said, it gives me some hope. I'm not sold yet, but interested to see if it works out. Heck, once the UI guys get hold of it, it could still be ruined anyway. *shrug*
Vista is suffering the same fate as Windows ME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJwwUVQaRY&feature=related
This is good news, assuming they get it right. I’m not eager to leave XP but acknowledge I’ll have to at some point, and Vista doesn’t particularly appeal to me.