Will Microsoft Bet the Business?
May 29th, 2006
Great article here at the Trial By Fire blog which seems to intelligently examine what Microsoft can do to ensure it’s long term viability. Apparently there is going to be follow up articles that will expand on the four main points, so keep an eye out for these other articles.
To whet your appetite, the four action points are:
- Scrap the Windows codebase forever. Release Vista, and announce publicly that it will be the last version of Windows based upon the NT/Win32 platform.
- Use Linux as the base operating system for the next generation of Windows. Do not modify it, do not “Microsoftize” it. Do not try to own it. Exploit it.
- Reinvent the Desktop. Call it Windows. Windows: The Next Generation. Outdo Apple, outdo the current platform, outdo every “Linux desktop” effort in existence.
- Put applications first. Office TNG, Project TNG, Excel TNG, Outlook TNG. Do not port. Rewrite. Do not create a Win32 compatibility layer. Do it right.
Interesting stuff, and I look forward to the follow up articles.
[I’ll link to the subsequent articles as Gary posts them.]