Microsoft Ponders Windows Successor 320
InfoWorldMike writes "Before Vista is even out of the gates, a Microsoft exec was talking Wednesday about Windows' replacement at a VC conference. Speaking at The Venture Forum conference, Microsoft's Bryan Barnett, a program manager for external research programs in the Microsoft Research group, said multicore architectures are of particular interest when weighing what to put in future operating systems at the company. "Taking full advantage of the processing power that those multicore architectures potentially make available requires operating systems and development tools that don't exist largely today," Barnett said. Well, with Vista in the pipeline as long as it has been, you must admit it is not surprising Microsoft is taking the long-term view. And it won't be built overnight: There is no timetable for a Windows successor right now. But early work on this effort has not yet been organized, with five or six small projects afoot in various places throughout the company, Barnett said."
Child of my Child? (Score:5, Funny)
DNF (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, well that's easy (Score:5, Funny)
Just wait for Google to show us what a Google OS would look like... then do that.
no more drive letters (Score:1, Funny)
Singularity (Score:5, Funny)
Then maybe a clever student, frustrated because the license won't allow him or her to modify it, will re-impliment a new OS out of Singularity. If they allow a lot of other people to contribute, it could get big really fast...
Teehee (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Know what would be funny? (Score:2, Funny)
5 or 6 projects... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Know what would be funny? (Score:5, Funny)
Sucessor to windows? (Score:5, Funny)
2. Gates.
3. Sunscreens.
4. Smokescreens.
5. Chairs.... or rather, Chairs! Chairs! Chairs!!!
Re:Know what would be funny? (Score:4, Funny)
Ya, I still reminisce about wire-frame FlightSim as well. Ya, playing that game on the AppleII, MicroSoft was the bomb.
What they need is a new File System. (Score:3, Funny)
Personally, I think it would really r0x0r if the new OS shipped with an object-relational file system that had metadata, and a SQL-esque query syntax, and automated fall-over network distribution and...
Article Summary - Rewritten... (Score:5, Funny)
Gates looked at Vista, and left, holding his nose! Before we let this beast loose on gullible folks, we want to pacify them, saying we're working on a better alternative...
Speaking at The Venture Forum conference, Microsoft's Bryan Barnett, a program manager for external research programs in the Microsoft Research group, said multicore architectures are of particular interest when weighing what to put in future operating systems at the company. "Taking full advantage of the processing power that those multicore architectures potentially make available requires operating systems and development tools that don't exist largely today,"
Our policy has always been "Whatever Intel giveth (in speed), Microsoft taketh away!"
Barnett said. Well, with Vista in the pipeline as long as it has been, you must admit it is not surprising Microsoft is taking the long-term view.
Well... we've taken a long while to build some junk, we've thrown out all useful stuff we promised.. don't worry, we'll keep working harder and longer in similar fashion.
And it won't be built overnight: There is no timetable for a Windows successor right now.
WE WON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ANNOUNCING TIME TABLES AGAIN... NEVER, EVER!!! The successor to Windows could come in the next centruy... we won't be there, we won't care, but there's nothing wrong living in hope... We'll announce this non-event, non-timetabled non-initiative in Slashdot though!
But early work on this effort has not yet been organized
We are proud to declare that we have NOT YET started this NON-INITIATIVE
With five or six small projects afoot in various places throughout the company, Barnett said.
Some five or six groups of disgruntled employees have given up on Vista.... and now, they're talking about joining Google to Build The Successor To Windows...
Actually, we should've posted this in Ask Slashdot... but we aren't part of the OSDL, and we have our pride.. so we announce it as News for Nerds... Thanks for your suggestions!
MS... the news of yesterday (Score:3, Funny)
Marketing is one thing, lying is another. Oh, wait, this is MS.
I so hate them when they speak about SW and OSes like there would exist nothing nowhere besides Windows. So, no wonder I don't ever like what they say.
Re:Ozzie the wizard (Score:2, Funny)
Well, then Ozzie should stay out of Texas. The use of such technological 'devices' is illegal there even for consenting, married adults:
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/03/03/O
Re:Know what would be funny? (Score:4, Funny)
Window Successor? (Score:1, Funny)
Long live Linux!
Yet another discovery by M$ (Score:1, Funny)
Sheeze, why does everything that everyone else has been doing for years suddenly become a revelation when M$ discover it?
Re:What they need is a new File System. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Know what would be funny? (Score:5, Funny)
Because it's the only way to insure that the vampire stays dead?
Re:Article Summary - Rewritten... (Score:2, Funny)
Hey, if you had tested Vista, you would know that they've already figured this one out...
Re:Sucessor to windows? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Know what would be funny? (Score:3, Funny)
And was Unix not inspired by MULTICS ?
Yet there is no trace of MULTICS in Mac OS X...
Coincidence ? I think not...
It's a conspiracy I tell you !
Hello Mr Penguin (Score:2, Funny)
Hasn't anyone ever seen an Adam Sandler movie ?!
It's going to be the biggest slack-assed OS out there that eventually gets a fire lit under its' ass & saves the OS day.
Re:Child of my Child? (Score:3, Funny)
Oooo, high praise indeed. No need to get all gushy.
Re:MS needs to compete against itself (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A successor to Windows (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Know what would be funny? (Score:1, Funny)
Sounds like ... (Score:2, Funny)
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