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Windows Emulation on Mac Hits Snags [OSNews]

Chris Brumme’s blog. Microsoft senior developer Chris Brumme doesn’t post often to his weblog
often, but every one of his essays is a lengthy, authoritative, and
candidly self-critical exploration of .NET and CLR arcana, the sort of
thing you might expect to read on MSDN (minus the self-criticism, that
is). And in fact, the absence of this material from MSDN is
controversial. Back in June, Dare Obasanjo complained about that. Robert Scoble’s response was:
… [Jon’s Radio]

Longhorn Evangelist Debunks Professed ‘Aero’ Shots [OSNews]

Robert Scoble, technology evangelist for Longhorn at Microsoft, has called into question several purported screenshots of the next-generation Longhorn interface code-named “Aero.” “These look like early demonstration screens, and not how Longhorn will eventually look,” Scoble wrote in his Web log. “The
real “Aero” is one of Longhorn’s biggest secrets — I’ve seen it, but
can’t load it on my own machine and am locked out of the server where
it’s kept,” says Microsoft’s Scoble. “I am not even sure they’ll show it off at the PDC.”
Indeed, the screenshots are using icons from all over the place
(including a BeOS icon), which proves that these are just early
concepts/mockups and not the real/finished thing.

“The Anti-Microsoft Tipping Point: Are We There Yet?” Surprisingly, this author answers “No.” [OSNews]

We Can Get Along Without Microsoft Story. A pretty entertaining one. Rockin’ on without Microsoft [OSNews]

ZDNET: Microsoft Should Rewrite Windows David Coursey editorializes:

Microsoft said last week it plans to hire 4,000 to 5,000 new workers and to increase research spending by about 8 percent, to $6.9 billion per year. The company also said it has $49 billion lying around collecting interest.

SO WHAT should Bill and Steve do with these wondrous resources? My suggestion: Start over.

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