news.com.com— A fascinating look at what goes on behind the scenes at Microsoft as they begin the final weeks of Vista's launch....
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Reading the HUGE labours that this bunch of people (i.e. the Windows dev. team) goes through to get this vast lump of code (i.e. Windows) out the door makes me realise just how much Web based software and a Web based OS is going to replace large scale operating systems in the future.The future is not one where Windows or it's descendants feature. It is one where lightweight network apps that can be fixed for everybody instantly grow in abundance, on open standards, fast networks, and mobile devices. That future is almost here now, and thank God Microsoft haven't realised it, because it'll make it all the easier to sweep them aside and realise the great new future of personal computing we're all inevitably going to experience.
"Web based OS"Please please read ANY primer on what an operating system is (start here maybe <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_System">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_System</a> although i'd recommend Operating System Concepts to Silberschatz Galvin and Gagne for more info) and then revisit that term – web based OS. The fact of the matter is what your talking about is a user interface, at best a window manager of sorts –– not an operating system.
I wasn't into the whole 'P2P' thing for anything but music back in 2k1 when my friend gave me a leaked copy of XP...so I don't know much about how torrent communities will react to a new OS. What I would like to know is based on this article, when do people think we can get our hands on a "Retail Version" via piratebay etc.
chesscatNov 8, 2006
I imagine you work for microsoft. how well does the shill job pay?
Closed AccountNov 9, 2006
Reading the HUGE labours that this bunch of people (i.e. the Windows dev. team) goes through to get this vast lump of code (i.e. Windows) out the door makes me realise just how much Web based software and a Web based OS is going to replace large scale operating systems in the future.The future is not one where Windows or it's descendants feature. It is one where lightweight network apps that can be fixed for everybody instantly grow in abundance, on open standards, fast networks, and mobile devices. That future is almost here now, and thank God Microsoft haven't realised it, because it'll make it all the easier to sweep them aside and realise the great new future of personal computing we're all inevitably going to experience.
tvashtarNov 9, 2006
"Web based OS"Please please read ANY primer on what an operating system is (start here maybe <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_System">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_System</a> although i'd recommend Operating System Concepts to Silberschatz Galvin and Gagne for more info) and then revisit that term – web based OS. The fact of the matter is what your talking about is a user interface, at best a window manager of sorts –– not an operating system.
bigbird1040Nov 9, 2006
I wasn't into the whole 'P2P' thing for anything but music back in 2k1 when my friend gave me a leaked copy of XP...so I don't know much about how torrent communities will react to a new OS. What I would like to know is based on this article, when do people think we can get our hands on a "Retail Version" via piratebay etc.
antdudeNov 9, 2006
And how badly AOL will break Vista. [grin]
antdudeNov 9, 2006
6600 is the final build I think.