What Really Happened with Vista: An Insider’s Retrospective

I enjoyed reading Terry Crowley’s thoughtful blog post (<a href="https://hackernoon.com/what-really-happened-with-vista-4ca7ffb5a1a" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">What Really Happened with Vista</a>). Terry worked in the Office organization and did a fantastic job covering the complex machinations that went into Windows Vista and the related but doomed Longhorn project — from the crucial perspective of a partner engineering team. He correctly identified many of the problems that dogged the project and I don’t mean to rehash any of them here. I figured it was only fair to try to offer an insider’s view of the same events. I can’t hope to be as eloquent or thorough as Terry but hope to shed some light on what went wrong with the project. Ten years have gone by since the original release date of Windows Vista but the lessons seem more relevant now than ever. Windows is a beast. Thousands of developers, testers, program managers, security experts, UI designers, architects, you name it. And that’s before the supporting cast of HR people, recruiters, marketing folks, salespeople, lawyers, and of course many managers, directors, and vice presidents for each of the disciplines mentioned above. The entire ensemble cast is supported by many thousands of others at partner teams (within Microsoft as well as outside) that deliver everything from hardware underneath to device drivers and applications on top of the platform. <a href="https://benbob.medium.com/what-really-happened-with-vista-an-insiders-retrospective-f713ee77c239">Read More</a>