Most of this article seems pretty reasonable. I don't think, however, that the overall theme of "MS is frightened of this, only MS Research knows what it's doing" accurately reflects what we know (or think we know). Three points:
1. "Singularity is not the next Windows" simply states the obvious. It's research. It doesn't mean that MS will never make use of the work done on Singularity. 2. The article doesn't mention Midori at all. Nobody outside of MSR seems to know exactly what it is, or what the plans for it are, but apparently it isn't Singularity. Mary-Jo Foley says that it's a "derivative of Singularity ... which could end up seeing the light of day somewhere down the line", and "[I]t's a new Microsoft operating-system platform that supposedly supersedes Windows. Midori is in incubation, which means it is a little closer to market than most Microsoft Research projects...." 3. The note from Veghte strikes me as nothing more than a reassurance to its biggest customers: You are not going to suffer through any big problems when Win7 is introduced because it's built from Vista, so any investments you've made in Vista will continue to pay off with Win7. <Here is a quote that supports what Mike said about developers going crazy over the thought of a complete windows rewrite: ...> If Mike accurately conveyed the essence of the podcast, that wasn't what was reported. It wasn't the Windows developers who went crazy, it was the Singularity developers, and they went crazy when word leaked that they were at work on the next Windows. I suspect that the OS developers at MS would indeed go crazy over the thought of a complete Windows rewrite, but not in the way you mean. Knowing developers (as I do, very well indeed), I'd be stunned if there was a single OS coder in all of MS who wouldn't LEAP at the opportunity to write a new OS from scratch. Chris ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
