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Why Vista Took So Long

Posted by kdawson on from the changing-lightbulbs dept.

twofish writes, "Following on from Joel Spolsky's blog on the Windows Vista shutdown menu, Moishe Lettvin, a former member of the Windows Vista team (now at Google) who spent a year working on the menu, gives an insight into the process, and some indication as to what the approximately 24 people who worked on the shutdown menu actually did. Joel has responded in typically forthright fashion." From the last posting: "Every piece of evidence I've heard from developers inside Microsoft supports my theory that the company has become completely tangled up in bureaucracy, layers of management, meetings ad infinitum, and overstaffing. The only way Microsoft has managed to hire so many people has been by lowering their hiring standards significantly. In the early nineties Microsoft looked at IBM, especially the bloated OS/2 team, as a case study of what not to do; somehow in the fifteen year period from 1991–2006 they became the bloated monster that takes five years to ship an incoherent upgrade to their flagship product."

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  1. Because by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    'cause it's a grea view. Like the first post.

  2. 15 ways to turn off a cumputer by denisbergeron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On my keyboard I have a sleep button. It's the only one option I ever use.

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  3. Re:Linux development model? by Salsaman · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ...completely tangled up in bureaucracy, layers of management, meetings ad infinitum, and overstaffing.

    That sounds to me nothing like the Linux development model.

    Perhaps you should do a little research into how Linux is developed before making such stupid statements.

  4. Joel is an idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who's dick do I have to suck at slashdot to get my shitty blog linked to every time i post?

  5. Re:Linux development model? by drinkypoo · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Maybe you should realize what your being trolled and stop responding to stupid posts. Who's stupid now.

    Who? The guy who can't use the proper version of "you're" or put a question mark at the end of a sentence which is a question.

    Cha-ching!

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  6. Re:Welcome to inevitability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    From the Wikipedia article you linked to (emphasis mine):
    The correct title of this article is id Software. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
    The very first line says it and yet people continue to capitalize the whole name as if it is short if identification. At first glance I thought you were talking about some other company that writes identification software.
  7. Re:Old Joke by larry+bagina · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Joel Spolsky is homosexual. CmdrTaco is married (to a woman). Microsoft is a company, but Bill Gates, Steve Allen, Steve Ballmer, etc, are married heterosexuals with children. Therefore, Joel Spolsky has probably sucked the most cock.

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  8. Re:Old Joke by mooingyak · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Out of all of Microsoft's staff, you don't think there are at least a dozen or so gay guys?

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