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Windows Vista: more than just a pretty face
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Windows Vista has had something of a troubled birth. Hyped features were pulled, and the project as a whole took far longer to complete than expected, partly due to standing still while MS dropped everything to work on Windows XP Service Pack 2, but in part also due to a decision to "reset" and scrap much of the new development. This has led some commentators to dub the project a "train wreck."
But is it?
Longhorn
Vista—or rather, Longhorn, as it was codenamed—was an ambitious project. It was to use managed code for components like the Explorer shell and a number of system services; indeed, managed code was to be the way forward for all Windows development, including third-party applications; there would be a new database-like filesystem; a whole new graphics system; and oh, yeah, it was meant to ship a few years ago. Initially, Longhorn wasn’t even intended to have all these parts; they were going to be introduced in Windows "Blackcomb." Windows Vista: more than just a pretty face: Page 1
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