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Low-level MS guy says: Windows 7 is different, better
- Hexstream 18y ago"Ballmer has described 7 as being 'Windows Vista with clean-up in user interface [and] improvements in performance'" I'm sold!
- JulianMorrison 18y agoGood luck to them. Linux and Apple need some snappy competition, they're getting lazy. Also, it would be nice if (for the first time in recorded history) all the major OSes didn't suck.
- river_styx 18y agoSorry, but until it gets a desktop environment that's user-friendly for mainstream folk, Linux still falls into the suck category.
- time_management 18y agoMany distributions (including mine) have that. Although they're rare, I know Linux users who never touch the command line.
- zandorg 18y agoI love that ASCII Windows 7 logo, not to be missed.
- Hoff 18y agoTriads comprised of a developer, a tester, and a manager, operating independently? Does that alone strike anyone else here as a recipe for a high-overhead high-complexity software development disaster?
- snprbob86 18y agoIn general, Microsoft has too many PMs. While many PMs do incredibly valuable work, many are simply an added layer of indirection and approval to hinder progress. My understanding is that there was a time at Microsoft where the "dual ladders" broke down and people had to switch from Dev to PM or individual contributor to people manager in order to make more money. It appears that Stephen Sinofski has reversed that trend in the Windows organization and is shifting power and decision making back to the developers while rewarding them without regard for their number of reports. Windows is a big product built by a big team. These things take time, so this triad concept seems like a pretty good stepping stone.
- time_management 18y agoThe ASCII graphic: is that this so-called "Hungarian notation" I've been hearing about? Or is it something in Perl?