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  • Vista: Microsoft's Last 'Big Bang' Operating System?

    12/01/2006 7:49:10 PM PST · by Zakeet · 234 replies · 4,638+ views
    Information Week ^ | December 1, 2006 | Aaron Ricadela
    As he took the stage to usher Windows Vista to market, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week tried to put the software's laborious birth behind him. The company's 71,000 employees -- and the entire PC industry, for that matter -- could be excused for breathing a sigh of relief, too. "It's an exciting thing to finally be here, and that's probably all I'll say about the past," Ballmer said at the unveiling from Nasdaq's cylindrical high-tech building in New York's Times Square. Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 also were introduced, and 30 more products will follow over the next...