[kingu]

Then Windows 7 will be even less successful than Windows Vista.

The simplistic truth is that migrating beyond Windows XP requires benefits - losing most modern legacy devices because you installed a new OS just makes no sense.

[TomGuy]

becomes more complicated by the minute

Windows was initially little more than a fancy menuing system for DOS. More features have been added over the years.

Still, actual Windows is little more than a fancy menuing system for DOS with many fancy features added.

[WalterSkinner]

..Windows Vista was one of the reasons I retired—and why I continue to use W2K...

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Nothing . . . nothing . . . was as bad as Windows ME.

[Petronski]

Microsoft needs to study the OS9-OSX transition at Apple and act quickly.

There is a lot of legacy hardware and software that must be abandoned. Clear the decks and start from scratch.

And use Unix.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Another problem is that MS fought the govt from splitting them into OS and Apps. They use strength in each area to increase market share in the other area. They put hooks in their OS to make their apps run faster. But it was a faustian bargain, as it didn’t maintain the clean separation needed between OS and apps. So now they have a monlithic mess and no easy way out. They would have been better off had they been split into two companies, IMHO.

[JZelle]

Sounds like a government program. Maybe they should name the next version after a prominent liberal.

[goldstategop]

Windows 7 will be even more bloated and require new horsepowered hardware. Its a hungry beast.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus