More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing

[praka123]

MICROSOFT appears to be in a state of panic, ordering 60 per cent of its new operating system to be re-written amidst a major shake-up of its troubled Windows division.

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[shwetanshu]

but MS has denied reports
http://www.betanews.com/article/Micr...ges/1143232877

[neerajvohra]

Originally Posted by shwetanshu

but MS has denied reports
http://www.betanews.com/article/Micr...ges/1143232877

well thts wht i was used to post....shwetanshu

u too fast......thanks...gud to see people read news from news sites thn from users tht dont know the actual news...just paste tht........

[QwertyManiac]

Aww, isnt it common sense I mean, come on one cant rewritte 60% of an OS if it were s/w then its ok, but rewriting OS no company wud dare to do, esp M$

[grinning_devil]

Originally Posted by neerajvohra

thn from users tht dont know the actual news...just paste tht........

no need to be so sarcastic...
prakash found a news which he thought is accurate and new,and brought forward to us,whats so wrong in that???

[runeet]

Whats not to believe, microsoft is quite capable of it, they will simply recover the additional costs by some exhorbitant pricing policy, I mean we all know its pricing policy for all its other products, like the downloadable contents for xbox 360 viz live

[abhishek66]

is vista ever going to release???

[~Phenom~]

Originally Posted by abhishek66

is vista ever going to release???

even i wonder the same.

[eddie]

I think this is where they are making mistake

"The next phase of development focuses on security, testing and fit/finish - not writing new code," the spokesperson added.

They are trying to get everything right by "testing" but everytime the poor guys try to do it...they break something else. Then they fix the new break and create another one. They should follow their old routine..i.e. of releasing half cooked OS and then releasing patches when users find problems

[MysticHalo]

Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

Aww, isnt it common sense I mean, come on one cant rewritte 60% of an OS if it were s/w then its ok, but rewriting OS no company wud dare to do, esp M$

Dude,if the OS has some major bugs,then even MS wud prefer to rewrite the whole (its only 60% in this case) code rather than trying to fix it up l8r on, which wud prove much costlier ;and wudn't provide the desired stability.
They dont have to dare to do this, its a compulsion.