Next Windows will also be a “heavyweight”
Rumors about the death of offline mega distributions were greatly exaggerated. One of the Microsoft executives confirmed that the next version of Windows will be the same mastodon as Vista.
Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Operations Director (COO), spoke at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Denver and confirmed the clues that came earlier this year from Executive Director Steve Ballmer. The Redmond giant is planning to release another major release of Windows - a system tightly tied to the desktop of a personal computer. Perhaps this will be the latest release of the operating system of this type.
"Of course, this year was an unprecedented year for Vista and Office," Turner said. - And we remain supporters of the desktop. There will be another release of the operating system like Vista and another release of the “Office”. ”
Turner’s statements confirm what Steve Ballmer has already hinted at. In late January, just before the start of sales of Windows Vista and Office 2007, he said that Microsoft still had something left unfinished. The hint is clear: "unfinished" features will appear in the next OS. It is known that Ballmer vowed never to allow the same five-year long-term construction.
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At the same time, analysts and specialists are persistently talking about the decline of client OS, about the advent of the Web 2.0 era. We see how dozens of network operating systems appear on the Internet like mushrooms after rain. The most hated competitor (Google) is actively moving in the same direction and one after another stamps network office applications : mail, text editor, spreadsheets, presentations. Analysts suggest that Microsoft can throw all its power on the development of something like that, some kind of network operating system, because with its current ideology, it becomes more difficult for it to remain competitive. But no. It does not seem like Microsoft has completely switched to a new direction.
Officially announced that after the "Vista" comes into effect a four-year development cycle, and between the major releases there will be at least one less significant "update" of the OS. At least the next release of Windows will definitely be “heavy”, and what's next is unknown.
via PC Advisor
Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Operations Director (COO), spoke at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Denver and confirmed the clues that came earlier this year from Executive Director Steve Ballmer. The Redmond giant is planning to release another major release of Windows - a system tightly tied to the desktop of a personal computer. Perhaps this will be the latest release of the operating system of this type.
"Of course, this year was an unprecedented year for Vista and Office," Turner said. - And we remain supporters of the desktop. There will be another release of the operating system like Vista and another release of the “Office”. ”
Turner’s statements confirm what Steve Ballmer has already hinted at. In late January, just before the start of sales of Windows Vista and Office 2007, he said that Microsoft still had something left unfinished. The hint is clear: "unfinished" features will appear in the next OS. It is known that Ballmer vowed never to allow the same five-year long-term construction.
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At the same time, analysts and specialists are persistently talking about the decline of client OS, about the advent of the Web 2.0 era. We see how dozens of network operating systems appear on the Internet like mushrooms after rain. The most hated competitor (Google) is actively moving in the same direction and one after another stamps network office applications : mail, text editor, spreadsheets, presentations. Analysts suggest that Microsoft can throw all its power on the development of something like that, some kind of network operating system, because with its current ideology, it becomes more difficult for it to remain competitive. But no. It does not seem like Microsoft has completely switched to a new direction.
Officially announced that after the "Vista" comes into effect a four-year development cycle, and between the major releases there will be at least one less significant "update" of the OS. At least the next release of Windows will definitely be “heavy”, and what's next is unknown.
via PC Advisor
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/12309/
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