Comments | mariness: This does not bode well for fixing the myriad problems with Vista:

mariness

This does not bode well for fixing the myriad problems with Vista:

Jan 22, 2009 10:52

Microsoft will lay off 5000 workers.Here's a friendly suggestion to Microsoft in the future: Looks aren't everything. I'm the first to admit that Vista looks very very pretty and I love some of the flashy things you can do with the windows. I am also the first to complain, loudly, that Vista is making Firefox, Chrome and Explorer crash on a ( Read more... )

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jackolantern January 22 2009, 17:45:28 UTC

MS is already looking ahead to Windows 7, which is supposed to be more problem free (and include some GUI elements that are frankly stolen (if lightly modified) from Mac OS X). For all of their screw-ups--and you can include the XBox 360 red-ring-o-death in that too, not to mention the lukewarm reception for the Zune--they still have many billions in cash to ride this out.

mariness January 22 2009, 18:19:20 UTC

I've heard better things about Windows 7. I'll be very happy to discard Vista, so, yeah, I think they may have a winner there.

And yeah, I'm not overly worried about Microsoft's long term prospects -- just saying that I don't think the economy is their ownly issue.

bayushi January 22 2009, 19:02:16 UTC

That doesn't bode well for my area. On the other hand, maybe the Bellevue housing bubble will collapse.

meandering January 28 2009, 19:28:59 UTC

Windows 7 comes out this year and has been getting rave reviews from many, many people. Apparently, it's actually better performing than Vista on the same hardware.