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Why Vista won't be any different
An excellent analysis of why nothing will really change with Vista.

http://blogs.msdn.com/philipsu/archive/2006/06/14/631438.aspx

From a MSFT developer.

Every once in a while, Truth still pipes up in meetings. When this happens, more often than not, Truth is simply bent over an authoritative knee and soundly spanked into silence.

It's a pretty balanced view. There are good things about Vista, there will be some security improvements and MSFT developers have always impressed me with their level of expertise. But be reminded that XP was touted as the most secure OS MSFT ever fielded. Likewise Vista will be the most secure operating system...for about two weeks.

MSFT's problems aren't so much technical as organizational, but the organizational problems lead to technical mediocrity. It takes too long to get products to market, too many decision fingers in the pie along the way.

This is not a new problem, it was that way when I was hiring MSFT programmers 10 years ago. And, to me, the most likely reason nothing really changes. You may be hopeful about Vista, thinking MSFT is finally going to show those Linux Loonies a thing or two, but you will ultimately be disappointed and end up offering the same lame excuses you do for XP. In the meantime the OSS community will continue eating MSFT's lunch.
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