MS Upgrades To Be Smaller And More Frequent

duplicantk8 writes "Following the numerous delays to the Vista launch, MS is planning to have more frequent and smaller incremental upgrades, according to the Financial Times." From the article: "Those delays are set to end late next year with the simultaneous launch of new versions of Windows and the Office suite of PC applications in the company's most significant new product cycle since Windows 95. The new versions of the company's key PC software are likely to rekindle higher growth after a period that saw its growth rate slip below 10 per cent for the first time last year, according to Wall Street analysts. Mr Ballmer's comments are the most public sign yet of the dent to Microsoft's confidence in its core development process that resulted from the Vista delays."

Comments

Reboots

[Average_Joe_Sixpack]

Wonder if they have finally figured out a way to update the OS without performing a reboot.

Windows update....

[Misanthrope]

For some reason windows update will be replaced by the commands.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

MS becomes agile?..switches to XP for development?

[FerretFrottage]

Wouldn't you love the be the developer who gets Ballmer or Gates as your pair programmer.

[developer]:You forgot to comment that code

[Ballmer]: (pickup chair and tosses it smashing his triple head display of Dell 2405 monitors) The code comment's itself!!!

[developer]: What about best practices? I'm suppose to be learning from you.

[Ballmer]: Well then start by getting off you ass and picking up that chair. Now with both hands on the arm rests.....NO NO NO...use you're back to lift, not your legs.