Mike's Manic Minute 21 Mar 06

Windows Vista Whereforeart Thou? As many of you know I work for Microsoft but what follows is my personal opinion only.   It's hard to develop software. . .   I've been doing it since 1969 and I've had my share of bugs, little and big, and my share of learning experiences. . .aka don't ship it until you've really tested it. . . And in version 1 concentrate on stability not features. . .so I feel for all the folks who are both counting on Windows Vista and those who are building it.    It's a hard dilemma in this day-and-age to make the call to slip something that's slipped as many times as Windows Vista.  It would be harder still, in my opinion, to ship something that sucks.  Eighteen months ago the decision was made to change how Windows is put together under the covers, moving to a more modular structure, and that kind of thing takes time to get really, really right.  With gazillions of people basing much of their livelihood and, these days, their financial and social lives on applications that run on Windows it's just got to be right.   After all the pains of the last few years of viruses, trojans, crashes, etc. I really appreciate what it takes to stand up and say, don't ship it until it's right. . .hard thing to do but good call, again my personal opinion     Podcast of the day. . . MedicCast http://www.mediccast.com/blog/ This is a podcast for emergency personnel and is a fine example of narrow casting at its finest.  I've been helped by EMS folks in the past and they're damn fine professionals.   Manic Minute Recommendation: Thanks for saving so many lives!   And that's your Manic Minute for March 21st, 2006, brought to you by www.Business-Podcasting.com!