Lab simulations have shown the technology is capable of supporting 10,000 or more networked units, but West said a commercial partner was needed to enable the CSIRO to conduct a larger scale, real-world trial.
Isn't 10,000 already a pretty large scale? I can't imagine very many real-world commercial entities using more than that in one location.
You know, I-bankers typically worked* 60+ hour weeks, and look what wonders that did for our economy.
*past tense, as all 5 US investment banks either went bankrupt or were folded into retail banks during the financial collapse.
Well, according to
this article, Microsoft had to start over on Longhorn, throwing out years of code they had alrady written for it. It's not quite the same as starting from scratch, since they reverted to the Windows server codebase.
While Windows itself couldn't be a single module -- it had too many functions for that -- it could be designed so that Microsoft could easily plug in or pull out new features without disrupting the whole system. That was a cornerstone of a plan Messrs. Srivastava and Valentine proposed to their boss, Mr. Allchin. Microsoft would have to throw out years of computer code in Longhorn and start out with a fresh base. It would set up computers to automatically reject bug-laden code. The new Longhorn would have to be simple. It would leave bells and whistles for later -- including Mr. Gates's WinFS, Messrs. Srivastava and Allchin say. ...
On Aug. 27, 2004, Microsoft said it would ship Longhorn in the second half of 2006 -- at least a year late -- and that Mr. Gates's WinFS advance wouldn't be part of the system. The day before in Microsoft's auditorium, Mr. Allchin had announced to hundreds of Windows engineers that they would "reset" Longhorn using a clean base of code that had been developed for a version of Windows on corporate server computers.
Windows 7 is not a new OS at all, but merely a rebranding of Vista Service Pack 2. This explains why it has to be installed on top of Vista, rather than fresh, and how MS could finish it so quickly. It also cleverly minimizes compatiblity problems - when has upgrading to a 'new' OS ever been so painless? This represents a truly genius marketing move (Mojave++), and everyone who should know better seems to have fallen for it.
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Lab simulations have shown the technology is capable of supporting 10,000 or more networked units, but West said a commercial partner was needed to enable the CSIRO to conduct a larger scale, real-world trial.
Isn't 10,000 already a pretty large scale? I can't imagine very many real-world commercial entities using more than that in one location.
You know, I-bankers typically worked* 60+ hour weeks, and look what wonders that did for our economy.
*past tense, as all 5 US investment banks either went bankrupt or were folded into retail banks during the financial collapse.
Here's the cite: Ballmer: "Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better"
this must be serious!
We must confirm it at once with our brightest astro boffins!!
The bigger a company gets, the bigger they fall.
While Windows itself couldn't be a single module -- it had too many functions for that -- it could be designed so that Microsoft could easily plug in or pull out new features without disrupting the whole system. That was a cornerstone of a plan Messrs. Srivastava and Valentine proposed to their boss, Mr. Allchin. Microsoft would have to throw out years of computer code in Longhorn and start out with a fresh base. It would set up computers to automatically reject bug-laden code. The new Longhorn would have to be simple. It would leave bells and whistles for later -- including Mr. Gates's WinFS, Messrs. Srivastava and Allchin say.
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On Aug. 27, 2004, Microsoft said it would ship Longhorn in the second half of 2006 -- at least a year late -- and that Mr. Gates's WinFS advance wouldn't be part of the system. The day before in Microsoft's auditorium, Mr. Allchin had announced to hundreds of Windows engineers that they would "reset" Longhorn using a clean base of code that had been developed for a version of Windows on corporate server computers.
Drivers for Windows 7 and Vista are one and the same, as indicated here:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9091618
Microsoft Corp. will require hardware makers to test their device drivers on Windows 7 to receive certification for Windows Vista, according to documents posted on the company's Web site.
At least the first part is accurate...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2332756,00.asp
Yes, but did you read the article? Everything he said confirms that Windows 7 is nothing but a service pack.
Microsoft exec Bill Veghte confirms here that Windows 7 is just a service pack for Vista: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10112149-56.html
Windows 7 is not a new OS at all, but merely a rebranding of Vista Service Pack 2. This explains why it has to be installed on top of Vista, rather than fresh, and how MS could finish it so quickly. It also cleverly minimizes compatiblity problems - when has upgrading to a 'new' OS ever been so painless? This represents a truly genius marketing move (Mojave++), and everyone who should know better seems to have fallen for it.