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Story: Vista struggles to attract enterprise users
"they need to start new.."
I agree.
But lets have a look.
The developement of Linux started more than 15 years ago.
And "they" had a head start as it was based on Unix, a proved multi-user multitasking system.
Windows was based on QDOS, a absolutly minimalistic piece of software for a PC (Personal Computer) never intended for anything else.
All knowledge, all background, all thinking within Microsoft is based on a code base built on the PC. All those in power are children of that background. (take Bill, discard Ball).
Now, they have the money, indeed, to rebuild from scratch.
But they do not have the TIME.
With Windows 7, or what ever, they will always pach the same code base because there is no alternative, because they do not have the time.
Add to that the fact that Bill is only interested in consumer electronics that could produce yet an other monopoly.
And then there is his silly quest to be an inventor, the chief arhitect.
But he never invented anything (the tablet anyone).
Microsoft has simply run out of time, and preserving the monopoly of today, is all there is left to do (bye Ball).
The complete lack of controll over "hardware" does not make it easier.
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