Windows Vista - Work In Progress

Microsoft managed to shove Windows Vista Service Pack 1 out of the door last month, fixing some major problems — such as the one where simply copying a handful of files would take minutes or even hours.

So it was a surprise to hear Steve Ballmer, the Microsoft CEO, describe Vista as “a work in progress” last week and say that they “have a lot of things we need to learn from” about it.

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“Windows Vista, a work in progress. (Applause.) Seriously, a very important piece of work, and I think we did a lot of things right, and I think we have a lot of things we need to learn from. Certainly, you never want to let five years go between releases. And we just sort of kiss that stone and move on, because it turns out many things become problematic when you have those long release cycles. The design point, what you should be targeting, we can never let that happen again. We had some things that we can’t just set the dial back that I think people wish we could.

Vista is bigger than XP, it’s going to stay bigger than XP. We have to make sure it doesn’t get bigger still, and that the performance, and the battery and the compatibility we’re driving on the things that we need to drive hard to improve. And yet we did take some important big steps forward with Vista.”

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If you’re still using Windows XP, Ballmer’s words will probably make you feel you’re doing the right thing. And indeed, Ballmer also emphasised that XP was still available and said that Microsoft was considering extending XP’s lifespan, which is good news.

Quote Taken From Remarks by Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation speaking at the Microsoft 2008 Most Valuable Professional Global Summit, April 17, 2008

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