engadget.com — Now that Microsoft has freed Windows Vista from the shackles of a five year development process, the company is attempting to the wow starts now us by revealing that it plans to have its next major operating system ready within the next two-and-a-half years.
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obkenobiFeb 11, 2007
[quote]Windows is the gaming OS and it will continue to be so for many years because of DirectX and the huge install base.[/quote]1. Vista doesn't have a huge install base yet. XP is the gaming OS.2. If devs don't lock themselves into Vista (see my comment above about CgFX), cross-platform games will be easy to make.3. PC, Macs and Linux PC all now run on the same hardware. The only problem now is a few driver issues. It is no longer about trying to port from x86 to PPC, porting now should be practically effortless.I'm not saying Linux is suddenly going to surge within two years, but it will continue to gain, along with OS X. There just isn't anything particularly intriguing about Vista. XP is the OS with the userbase, and right now Vista is practically as irrelevant as Linux if you go by marketshare.
demonsofgoetiaFeb 11, 2007
"MICROSOFT has continually engaged in "vaporware" to kill competing products"<a class="user" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_tuncom/major/mtc-00021587.htm">http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_tuncom/major/mtc-00021587.htm</a>
cquinndFeb 11, 2007
Rather "continue working on the current Vista drivers, since they use the same driver model that we plan to support in Vienna, and as such will be an easy step from one to the other GPUwise."
hairypoterFeb 11, 2007
VISTA was pointed by some wise guys as Virus Infections Spywares Trojans Adwares... VIENNA, I suppose is Virus Infections Exploits Nagwares Nightmares Adwares...that is, they will add exploits, nagwares and nightmares to the list...
matthewsr2000Feb 11, 2007
I can honestly see them re-implementing all of the features (new CLI and FS, etc.) that were supposed to be inside of Vista, and releasing it as Vienna.I wouldn't be surprised if we get a service pack for vista in the next six months to a year, and instead of SP2 they just go for Vienna. new releases are way more profitable than service packs. The only reason to release a service pack is to increase adoptation in the industry. SP2 for XP was pretty much just to increase security so that OEMs had a much easier time supporting the OS.I personally like Vista, it's a lot more intuitive and secure (and pretty too!), and as soon as my extended family is ready (monetarily) for the upgrade i will definitely load it for them. Sure it's a little slower on older hardware, but every single new release for any OS is always that way. 1 gig of Ram and a 2Ghz processor runs it fine, and I really don't notice a performance hit.
astrotrainFeb 12, 2007
damn strait...Microsoft put their own foot in their mouths on that quote
thesolitaireFeb 20, 2007
Well, that just killed whatever minuscule amount of motivation that I had to go out any buy Vista. I can wait a couple of years.