Nostalgia and Innovation

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Nick White — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:26:47 GMT

Hey Jan: let me look into this further to get you more information. In the meantime, note that you can connect using Remote Assistance on Home Premium.

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Jan — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:06:21 GMT

I just want to say how disappointed I am that Vista Home Premium can't serve a remote desktop session. If I want to connect to my computer three floors down running Windows Vista from my laptop running Windows XP Pro, sounds like I'm S.O.L. Looks like Microsoft is decreasing feature sets instead of adding and improving them. Too bad.

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Michael_Moor — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:08:25 GMT

Hey "Jim Allchin",thx for share

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tbcpp — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:43:14 GMT

What's so funny here, is that they "redefined" the goals. Of Vista so they could meet them. Instead of sticking to the original vision and creating a great OS (WinFS, the new command line, etc). Now it's just a shell of what Longhorn was to be. It's like an athlete saying "Instead of working out so we could vault over the 11' pole we realized that if we lowered the pole to 6' we could get over it today!".

I was excited about Longhorn/Vista (notice the was), now it's just another bloated bug ridden Micro$oft app.

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CatoTheYounger — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:02:25 GMT

"While we initially thought we would have to replace the storage system with WinFS, we were able to deliver on the vision by simply enhancing the existing system."

Too bad about that, since the latest generation of rootkits (rustock) make such good use of the hidden Alternative Data Streams in NTFS, of course folks have been predicting that for some 6 years, probably why you thought it was a good idea to ditch NTFS in the first place ehh? And of course your much vaunted PatchGuard really isnt up to the task.

http://www.uninformed.org/?v=3&a=3

So its just the die hard 64bit early adopters that have their front line HIPS defense busted while you make special exceptions to your own rules regarding API's for the major security players that can afford the certificates.

http://computerworld.com.my/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=4309&pubid=4&issueid=106

can you say antitrust?

I knew you could

Vista delenda est

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someone — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:32:36 GMT

Yes Vista is ahead in the areas MS mentions, now do they know the areas where they are still lagging behind competitors? Those areas are pro audio and music creation, broadcasting and media production, desktop publishing and rich typography, GUI automation for end users and non-developers/IT pros, consumer media creation tools, decent system-wide password management for workgroup computers and support for W3C and media format standards.

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peterkirn — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:04:04 GMT

Jim, I think the Windows team does deserve more credit than it gets for an ongoing set of releases. But I would take issue with two of these:

Starter Edition: is this really the stamp Microsoft wants to leave on accessibility of its OS to other markets? Even leaving aside the Linux versus Windows debate, "innovation" seems a stretch for pricing in general, particularly when Starter Edition was roundly, rightfully criticized for removing features without targeting the market. The new Vista SKU here, to me, at least makes more sense as a product.

Media Center: This was in fact a big step for Windows, but I'm personally disappointed that it came at the cost of compatibility with pro audio and music creation software and hardware. I hope we never again have to go backwards a step on creating music and media for others to watch it.

To me, Vista itself is a major leap forward in a way these previous Windows releases were not, and that is deserving of recognition. Longhorn was an idea; Vista is a finished product -- there's usually a gap between those. I'm glad we have a finished product that is really significant.

Vista: Don't Call It Longhorn, Part 3

Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:32:01 GMT

I don't think that Jim Allchin published the PDC 2003 Video with Hillel Cooperman on the Official Windows

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r3m0t — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:50:06 GMT

I can hardly believe that you, acting as a spokesperson for Microsoft, are saying that the current features of Vista (in Sidebar and search) are anything more than a shadow of their Longhorn capabilities.

Wake up!

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MayoStudenT — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:25:16 GMT

Lets not kid each other here...Vista is nothing like what the early (4000's) builds we were shown. Microsoft bit off more than it could chew and we are left with a half baked OS that could have been so much more. I still love Vista but the "true" Longhorn idea was dropped years ago.

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Corrine — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:42:21 GMT

As is written in the video:

"Congratulations to the Windows Vista Team for delivering on the vision!"

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mrmckeb — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:31:08 GMT

It's very exciting.

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