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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8428&tag=nl.e550
read the rest of the article and see diagrams showing how fat vista is
on the link above, some text from the article below
Microsoft’s Windows juggernaut is collapsing as it tries to support 20
years of applications and becomes more complicated by the minute.
Meanwhile, Windows has outgrown hardware and customers are pondering
skipping Vista to wait for Windows 7. If Windows is going to remain
relevant it will need radical changes.
That sobering outlook comes courtesy of Gartner analysts Michael Silver
and Neil MacDonald. Half of a full room of IT managers and executives
raised their hands when asked whether Microsoft needed to radically
change its approach to Windows. “Windows is too monolithic,” says Silver.
Silver also gave another anecdotal point to show the conundrum Microsoft
is in: Clients are calling him to ask whether they should skip Vista
entirely and wait for Windows 7, which promises to be more modular and
potentially lightweight. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has also found an impact
on Vista from all of the Windows 7 chatter. Silver’s recommendation: Go
with Vista but on an attrition basis. As XP PCs die, replace them with
Vista PCs.
MacDonald argued that Windows may need multiple kernels to support
increasing demands from customers and hardware makers. “One size doesn’t
fit all,” says MacDonald. For instance, look at the various demands an
OS has to deal with:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8428&tag=nl.e550
read the rest of the article and see diagrams showing how fat vista is
on the link above, some text from the article below
Microsoft’s Windows juggernaut is collapsing as it tries to support 20
years of applications and becomes more complicated by the minute.
Meanwhile, Windows has outgrown hardware and customers are pondering
skipping Vista to wait for Windows 7. If Windows is going to remain
relevant it will need radical changes.
That sobering outlook comes courtesy of Gartner analysts Michael Silver
and Neil MacDonald. Half of a full room of IT managers and executives
raised their hands when asked whether Microsoft needed to radically
change its approach to Windows. “Windows is too monolithic,” says Silver.
Silver also gave another anecdotal point to show the conundrum Microsoft
is in: Clients are calling him to ask whether they should skip Vista
entirely and wait for Windows 7, which promises to be more modular and
potentially lightweight. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has also found an impact
on Vista from all of the Windows 7 chatter. Silver’s recommendation: Go
with Vista but on an attrition basis. As XP PCs die, replace them with
Vista PCs.
MacDonald argued that Windows may need multiple kernels to support
increasing demands from customers and hardware makers. “One size doesn’t
fit all,” says MacDonald. For instance, look at the various demands an
OS has to deal with: