Comments on: Longhorn “Reset” was a “train wreck” says Thurrott http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/longhorn-reset-was-a-train-wreck-says-thurrott/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:21:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ballmer: Testers didn't ring Vista warning bells; Could the same happen with Windows 7? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/longhorn-reset-was-a-train-wreck-says-thurrott/comment-page-1/#comment-285672 Ballmer: Testers didn't ring Vista warning bells; Could the same happen with Windows 7? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:55:17 +0000 http://www.windowsvistaweblog.com/2005/09/27/longhorn-reset-was-a-train-wreck-says-thurrott/#comment-285672 [...] in 2004. Before the reset, Microsoft officials heard from testers that there were some deep-seated problems with its next planned version of Windows. As a result, the Windows team went back to the drawing board and rejiggered it. Then there were [...] [...] in 2004. Before the reset, Microsoft officials heard from testers that there were some deep-seated problems with its next planned version of Windows. As a result, the Windows team went back to the drawing board and rejiggered it. Then there were [...]

]]> By: Brandon Paddock's Blog - Desktop Search and more » Blog Archive » NYT article says we should throw away Windows http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/longhorn-reset-was-a-train-wreck-says-thurrott/comment-page-1/#comment-284671 Brandon Paddock's Blog - Desktop Search and more » Blog Archive » NYT article says we should throw away Windows Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:35:21 +0000 http://www.windowsvistaweblog.com/2005/09/27/longhorn-reset-was-a-train-wreck-says-thurrott/#comment-284671 [...] Guess what?  It wasn’t.  You see, back in 2001 the Windows division at Microsoft came up with the hair-brained idea to change pretty much everything, as Stross is suggesting now.  Only he’s too late, and Microsoft has already learned that throwing out everything you know about Windows and rocketing into a brave new managed-code-centric world just doesn’t work all that well. [...] [...] Guess what?  It wasn’t.  You see, back in 2001 the Windows division at Microsoft came up with the hair-brained idea to change pretty much everything, as Stross is suggesting now.  Only he’s too late, and Microsoft has already learned that throwing out everything you know about Windows and rocketing into a brave new managed-code-centric world just doesn’t work all that well. [...]

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