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Anyway, the golden age of IT is yet to come. We as programmers are really on the forefront of something huge. I can sense it. In the end, M$ will get it right and release an OS that does what the user wants, not what IT wants to do.
>anarky
I'm not sure what you mean. When you say: "not what IT wants to do", do you mean:-
1) The IT organization in Microsoft itself?
or
2) The IT organizations in companies developing software to run under Microsoft operating systems?
In either case, I think that Microsoft has been developing operating systems according to their marketing studies, that is, producing what sells more and keeps the competition away. These marketing requirements are more focused on what they determine the majority of users want and will buy.
The requirements of hundreds of millions of end-users differs, and has considerably more weight, than the thousands of IT organizations that want to develop application software for their companies.
So, in conclusion, I think you're right, the new OS's will be what the end-user wants --- just like it's always been with Microsoft.
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