Windows is broken and Microsoft has admitted it. In an unprecedented attempt to explain its Longhorn problems and how it abandoned its traditional way of working, the normally secretive software giant has given unparalleled access to The Wall Street Journal, even revealing how Vice President Jim Allchin, personally broke the bad news to Bill Gates.
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September 26, 2005 at 9:09 am
Nice article. I wonder why WinFS is so difficult to implement. Google didn’t seem to have any problem with it (Google Desktop). Interesting…
September 26, 2005 at 10:20 am
One of the reasons was they said they couldn’t have it done by the set release date. I’m not sure otherwise.