Archive for the 'Interviews' Category
Q and A: Ballmers view of Vista
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Microsoft is about to release the Windows Vista operating system, its biggest software upgrade in years. The commercial versions will be out in November and the consumer version will be ready in January. Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, sat down to talk with Mercury News Staff Writer Dean Takahashi about the Vista launch.
Q Is [...]
Microsofts Fathi: Vista Security Is Becoming Reality
Thursday, September 7th, 2006After taking on the responsibility of leading Microsoft’s efforts to secure its much-awaited Vista operating system, Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of the Redmond, Wash., company’s Security Technology Unit, is in town at the Security Standard Conference to evangelize to the firm’s progress in those efforts.
While critics continue to say that Microsoft’s next-generation operating system [...]
Inside Vistas new image-based install
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006Vista’s installation process is dramatically different to any previous version of Windows: rather than being an ‘installer’, the install DVD is actually a preinstalled copy of Windows that simply gets decompressed onto your PC. So how does it adjust to your hardware? How do you slipstream updates and drivers into it? Can you also ‘preinstall’ [...]
Microsoft Shows Off an Impressive Windows Vista, But Are the Holes Fixed and Will it Be Delayed Again?
Saturday, June 24th, 2006In January 2007 Microsoft plans to launch its new operating system, Windows Vista, and usher in a new era in product quality, customer satisfaction and software market share. Digital Journal met up with Microsoft to discuss delays, security problems and what the company plans to do to save itself.
Digital Journal — “We are still planning [...]
Windows Vista Q & A with Microsoft
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006I had the chance to get some Q&A going on with Microsoft, so a big thanks to them for allowing this to happen. I’d also like to thank Jessica from Waggener Edstrom for setting this up! Now, for your reading pleasure… here’s the interview!
What are the main focus points for Windows Vista in general?
For the [...]
