Vista Successor Vienna in… 2009?!
Say that you’re the world’s largest software company. Now suppose that you’ve just released your latest operating system to less than rave reviews. There are some nice things about it but the universal consensus by consumers is to wait and ‘upgrade’ when they buy a new machine. It now sounds like those users who snooze will lose out Vista completely.
Robert McMillan, writing for the IDG News Service and appearing on PCWorld, states that Vienna, the brand new OS after Vista will be delivered in 2009. That gives Vista a shelf life of a little over two years - or even less than that for those waiting for the first major service pack (Fuji) before upgrading. Of course, with such a small time frame Microsoft must practically have the thing written right? What are the features? Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of development with Microsoft’s Windows Core Operating System Division, what can we expect?
According to Fathi, that’s still being worked out. “We’re going to look at a fundamental piece of enabling technology. Maybe its hypervisors, I don’t know what it is,” he said. “Maybe it’s a new user interface paradigm for consumers.”
‘Interface paradigm’? Hypervisors? Sure sounds like Vienna is treading water to me.
