“Windows Vista is going to be a significant release for all Windows customers, including enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses as well as consumers.”
Al Gillen
“With Windows Vista, we went back to the drawing board to create a premier platform for audio and video. Whether you are a music producer, post-production house or television studio, you will find that Windows Vista is an incredibly powerful tool for the future of content creation, delivery and playback.”
Amir Majidimehr
“We expect the Windows Vista release, along with [the] strong lineup of other product releases, to accelerate the company's sales and earnings growth into the double-digit percentage range.”
Yun Kim
“What's been revealed of Windows Vista is particularly sad. Defaulting to a mode that requires users to enter an administrative password before they can install programs? A security-enhancing idea, but one that's been around for ages in Apple's Mac OS X. Integrated search? Apple has it now. The Registry? There's no sign of that monstrosity in OS X, but it'll still be around in Windows Vista to drive users nuts. Copying the competition's good ideas and retaining a bad one that you actually did originate: That's innovation!”
Stephen Manes
“What's been revealed of Windows Vista is particularly sad.”
“Vista seemed to be on schedule, so this was a fairly significant surprise.”
“So what went wrong [with Windows Vista]? What didn't go wrong? When Bill Gates revealed in mid-2003 that he was returning to his roots, so to speak, and spending half of his time on what was then still called Longhorn, we should have seen the warning signs. Sadly, Gates, too, is part of the Bad Microsoft, a vestige of the past who should have had the class to either formally step down from the company or at least play just an honorary role, not step up his involvement and get his hands dirty with the next Windows version. If blame is to be assessed, we must start with Gates. He has guided--or, through lack of leadership--failed to guide the development of Microsoft's most prized asset. He has driven it into the ground.”
Paul Thurrott
