Gira notizia che una grossa parte del codice di vista debba essere riscritta, in quanto ci sono delle incompatibilitą tra il sistema operativo principale e la sua componente "media center" ossia tutte quelle funzionalitą che rendono un pc simile ad una TV+Radio+Registratore. Si potrebbe pensare di non mettere questa funzionalitą, ma invece la decisione č stata che tutte le versioni di Vista devono essere anche mediacenter. la scelta secondo me non č sbagliata, perchč si va verso un futuro, dove un pc in casa farą tutte le funzioni pił semplici, come appunto la TV, il registratore, eventualmente la segreteria telefonica e la consolle di gioco. ma se crea tutti questi problemi non so quando vedremo vista, non prima del 2007 cmq alla fiera di Las Vegas. (non so quando sia
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More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing
Panic at the Volehill
By Nick Farrell: venerdģ 24 marzo 2006, 06.56
MICROSOFT appears to be in a state of panic, ordering 60 per cent of its new operating system to be re-written amidst a major shake-up of its troubled Windows division.
The news follows another delay with reports of a staff revolt over the way that management has handled the development of the operating system.
According to a Volish denizen speaking to smarthouse.com, orders have come down from on high to rewrite more than 60 per cent of the consumer version of Vista in a bid to get it ready for the 2007 CES show in Las Vegas.
Vole has shifted programmers from its Xbox team to help resolve many problems associated with entertainment and media centre functionality inside the OS. They are also working with Intel's Viiv team engineers and it is believed that Viiv could also be stalled to line up with Vistas launch.
At the centre of the problem appears to be the Media Centre code which will not be optional. Apparently they cannot get it to work properly in its current format and will have to make a lot of changes to the code to jack it in.
Meanwhile Vole has moved to sort out management problems in its Windows division and restructured the lot.
Steven Sinofsky has been promoted to senior vice president of the Windows and Windows Live Group to take control of the division. He is one of the Volish "rising stars" and is famous for getting a team to work properly.
Smarthouse has dug up an internal memo on the changes from Co-President, Platforms Products & Services Division Kevin Johnson to his executive staff. He said that he had made a lot of the changes after talking to staff. One of the people who seems to have had his job changed is Johnsons other Co-President, Platforms Products & Services Division Jim Allchin. Although his role in Vole has not changed, apparently he will have to report to Johnson from now on.
Although there are some musical chairs, no one appears to have been fired or demoted for a cock-up which has effectively cost Vole 40 per cent of five billion dollars. µ
