Why's it taking so long? Because, unlike previous "new versions" of Windows, this is not just a cosmetic overhaul but a complete redesign of the OS from the kernel up!
Actually, it's based on the Windows Server 2003 SP1 kernel. Yes, I know you're joking; just using the opportunity.:-)
It's based on that kernel since just 2 years ago. Microsoft messed up big time with that part and had to reintroduce + cuts tons of features due to this paradigm shift in both kernel and OS vision.
As a result, each new version of Windows carries the baggage of its past. As Windows has grown, the technical challenge has become increasingly daunting. Several thousand engineers have labored to build and test Windows Vista, a sprawling, complex software construction project with 50 million lines of code, or more than 40 percent larger than Windows XP.
"Windows is now so big and onerous because of the size of its code base, the size of its ecosystem and its insistence on compatibility with the legacy hardware and software, that it just slows everything down," observed David B. Yoffie, a professor at the Harvard Business School. "That's why a company like Apple has such an easier time of innovation."
I'm not so sure this is really why this time, or that it's the only reason...
People paying some attention to the Vista development may notice that during build 5000, Microsoft did basically a 180 turn and decided to throw out the new foundation of managed (.NET) code on an XP SP2 based kernel, and rather go with the Windows Server 2003 kernel. This required such massive rewrites that to the end user experience, the project was essentially restarted. This happened in September 2004, just less than 2 years ago. And people wonder about the feature cuts and delays.;-)
MS did a major goof up in planning with this OS, and they're paying the price now. Just imagine if they could get the two years or so spent on developing on the wrong kernel and with an invalid design philophy back (it was later found out that.NET code sucked too much in performance to be usable). This time could be spent on making... well, how about WinFS?;-)
Oh, and I guess that supports your claim in that we already have several tools for this.:-) I have to agree, and it's a bit similar about those sites that sue Google for indexing their content, without not even looking at robots.txt solutions or modifying the metadata to inform their web spider.
There already is standardized metadata for content classification, and even IE has more or less complete support of that standard since Internet Explorer 3 it seems.:-) Hopefully Firefox and Opera has too.
I'm not so sure porn is so bad for my kids, but I don't want them to risk being brainwashed by religions and want to filter them more easily. Where do I apply for a.rel?:-p
Seriously, when the DNS is used to push for stances a group of people may have, I doubt it's used for the right purposes. It's not a political tool to censor content "unpleasant" to some, it's a tool to build hierarchies.
The grandparent's post already deals with the issues you raised. The diagrams, and the photos, are not porn because their primary role is not sexual arousal.
But I think there are better examples, such as artistic nudity from skilled photographers, where the subject is making various poses. These can be a great inspiration for painters etc, and also stuff some may hang on a wall, but others masturbate to. Now, what was the intention of the photographer?
If you've checked the latest (!) graphics and platforms (PS2...), you'll see it's a yesterday's-generation game and looking about as good as Unreal Tournament 2003.
It would be perfect if it was released just about the end of 2006 / early 2007, but with an entirely different engine + art and geared for Xbox 360 and/or PS3. But Blizzard would never have time for *that* in such a short time, and if taking more time, then the game would stand out too much, now would it?
To this day, Opera weenies still proudly proclaim "Don't forget, Opera had popup blocking first!". Screw you guys, Opera's implementation sucked. I went with Mozilla's implementation because it didn't block new windows opened by me.
Screw you! My Opera doesn't block new windows I open.
Who Cares?
And here my point comes: I wish people could apply this to bickering about things like these as well. If Opera users say it was first with this browser and they'd happen to be right, what's the problem? If you like Firefox's implementation better, by all means go for it! Do you really need to say "screw you" to other users just because you prefer another implementation better? It also just leads to unecessary discussions like this one because Opera's implementation doesn't seem to be at all like that today.
The only place where the number 60 is even in there is in the article's title and in a link back to the SAME article at the bottom of the page.
No.
Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN.
Unfortunately, at our office we don't really look at that right now.
BUT... We barely even look at Office 2003 either. The only useful part about that one is that I think Outlook 2003 has vastly improved design against worms and spam.
I mean... Come on. What features do people need from Office 2007!?
The new UI requiring massive relearning and costs for our middle aged crowd, means it has to have almost revolutionary new features as well, beyond the UI, for an upgrade to be worth the effort.
It's surpising that given the expected criticism on Slashdot about this, I didn't see anyone mentioning that even worse, this bug only exist because IE 6 doesn't follow standards well, because otherwise the function wouldn't even exist.
This is easy to verify from Microsoft's own documentation as well:
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this method.
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Maybe they just don't bother about SpamGourmet addresses?;-)
Yeah, this is something I don't understand about this change. How the reliance on mshtml.dll for IE integration for many apps out there will work (or if they simply won't). It should be easy enough to test though; just install e.g. TopStyle and check its IE preview.:-)
Our company thinks it's great to let the developers behind the software be part of the demonstrations and learning of the software we make.
I think it's not just about human-hardware interaction deciding who may be offshored, but also about the opinion in the company on how valuable the human-human interaction is. Sure, some may still have their developers just sit in a cubicle and work all day, but on many companies they don't, and actually interact with the world, and then it's tough to have these guys in India and just easily accessible face-to-face by some laggy Internet conference.
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I hereby nominate March 27 as the International Misconfiguration Day!
Hmm, time to book tickets for the parade of Microsoft admins, maybe.
Argh.. Hmm, funny how the attempts at a professional look is so totally ruined by him.
Apple can just rename themselves to Pear then? :-p
People Enraged About Rivals?
Why's it taking so long? Because, unlike previous "new versions" of Windows, this is not just a cosmetic overhaul but a complete redesign of the OS from the kernel up!
:-)
Actually, it's based on the Windows Server 2003 SP1 kernel.
Yes, I know you're joking; just using the opportunity.
It's based on that kernel since just 2 years ago. Microsoft messed up big time with that part and had to reintroduce + cuts tons of features due to this paradigm shift in both kernel and OS vision.
As a result, each new version of Windows carries the baggage of its past. As Windows has grown, the technical challenge has become increasingly daunting. Several thousand engineers have labored to build and test Windows Vista, a sprawling, complex software construction project with 50 million lines of code, or more than 40 percent larger than Windows XP.
;-)
.NET code sucked too much in performance to be usable). This time could be spent on making... well, how about WinFS? ;-)
"Windows is now so big and onerous because of the size of its code base, the size of its ecosystem and its insistence on compatibility with the legacy hardware and software, that it just slows everything down," observed David B. Yoffie, a professor at the Harvard Business School. "That's why a company like Apple has such an easier time of innovation."
I'm not so sure this is really why this time, or that it's the only reason...
People paying some attention to the Vista development may notice that during build 5000, Microsoft did basically a 180 turn and decided to throw out the new foundation of managed (.NET) code on an XP SP2 based kernel, and rather go with the Windows Server 2003 kernel. This required such massive rewrites that to the end user experience, the project was essentially restarted. This happened in September 2004, just less than 2 years ago. And people wonder about the feature cuts and delays.
MS did a major goof up in planning with this OS, and they're paying the price now. Just imagine if they could get the two years or so spent on developing on the wrong kernel and with an invalid design philophy back (it was later found out that
I suggest a new .noddos tld and decide those sites shouldn't be DDoS'ed. :-)
Hmm, maybe I'm coming too quickly from that other stupidifying discussion.
Oh, and I guess that supports your claim in that we already have several tools for this. :-) I have to agree, and it's a bit similar about those sites that sue Google for indexing their content, without not even looking at robots.txt solutions or modifying the metadata to inform their web spider.
There already is standardized metadata for content classification, and even IE has more or less complete support of that standard since Internet Explorer 3 it seems. :-) Hopefully Firefox and Opera has too.
I'm not so sure porn is so bad for my kids, but I don't want them to risk being brainwashed by religions and want to filter them more easily. Where do I apply for a .rel? :-p
Seriously, when the DNS is used to push for stances a group of people may have, I doubt it's used for the right purposes. It's not a political tool to censor content "unpleasant" to some, it's a tool to build hierarchies.
The grandparent's post already deals with the issues you raised. The diagrams, and the photos, are not porn because their primary role is not sexual arousal.
But I think there are better examples, such as artistic nudity from skilled photographers, where the subject is making various poses. These can be a great inspiration for painters etc, and also stuff some may hang on a wall, but others masturbate to. Now, what was the intention of the photographer?
Then just hire a rich rapper that has eaten a lot of beans!
Jeez, do we have to think of everything??
If you've checked the latest (!) graphics and platforms (PS2...), you'll see it's a yesterday's-generation game and looking about as good as Unreal Tournament 2003.
It would be perfect if it was released just about the end of 2006 / early 2007, but with an entirely different engine + art and geared for Xbox 360 and/or PS3. But Blizzard would never have time for *that* in such a short time, and if taking more time, then the game would stand out too much, now would it?
To this day, Opera weenies still proudly proclaim "Don't forget, Opera had popup blocking first!". Screw you guys, Opera's implementation sucked. I went with Mozilla's implementation because it didn't block new windows opened by me.
Screw you! My Opera doesn't block new windows I open.
Who Cares?
And here my point comes: I wish people could apply this to bickering about things like these as well. If Opera users say it was first with this browser and they'd happen to be right, what's the problem? If you like Firefox's implementation better, by all means go for it! Do you really need to say "screw you" to other users just because you prefer another implementation better? It also just leads to unecessary discussions like this one because Opera's implementation doesn't seem to be at all like that today.
Glass is also a feature that we all have come to respect and love
Uhhhh... *backs away slowly*
No.
If you need security, why not use OpenOffice?
:-/
It lacks many collaboration features of Microsoft Office. Besides, it's not even my decision to make.
Will this make anyone look at OpenOffice.org?
Unfortunately, at our office we don't really look at that right now.
BUT... We barely even look at Office 2003 either. The only useful part about that one is that I think Outlook 2003 has vastly improved design against worms and spam.
I mean... Come on. What features do people need from Office 2007!?
The new UI requiring massive relearning and costs for our middle aged crowd, means it has to have almost revolutionary new features as well, beyond the UI, for an upgrade to be worth the effort.
Wow, thank god that thing wasn't something the Goatse man had attached to himself!
Also, that 30 inch monitor is also very important.
We're in the CAD industry and 24" Widescreens + high end CPU's are pretty important.
It all depends on which business you're looking at.
This is easy to verify from Microsoft's own documentation as well:
Maybe they just don't bother about SpamGourmet addresses? ;-)
Funny, I could've sworn GeoCities [geocities.com] and Angelfire [angelfire.com] had something like this many many years ago.
Without any ads whatsoever?
Yeah, this is something I don't understand about this change. How the reliance on mshtml.dll for IE integration for many apps out there will work (or if they simply won't). It should be easy enough to test though; just install e.g. TopStyle and check its IE preview. :-)
Our company thinks it's great to let the developers behind the software be part of the demonstrations and learning of the software we make.
I think it's not just about human-hardware interaction deciding who may be offshored, but also about the opinion in the company on how valuable the human-human interaction is. Sure, some may still have their developers just sit in a cubicle and work all day, but on many companies they don't, and actually interact with the world, and then it's tough to have these guys in India and just easily accessible face-to-face by some laggy Internet conference.
Don't forget ending every episode with a beheading of a gungan.