WINDOWS 7 might create the rebirth of Microsoft OS, which was blighted by the release of its Vista operating system, according to Open Sauce guru Linus Torvalds.
In an interview with Computerworld, Torvalds said that Windows 7 is better than Vista and the Vole may have a huge PR advantage as people will compare it to Vista and think it is good so, "angels will sing again." This is what happened with Windows 95 compared to Windows 3.1.
He thinks that Microsoft may have even done this on purpose.
The Vole realised the Windows development cycle is way too long and it would be insane to do that again, however they might aim for a two-year development cycle and Torvalds think that is too long.
Torvalds thinks that Vole should disconnect the operating system from the applications and release products sooner.
He said for Linux six months is quite tight and the bits that are thrown together sometimes don't work properly. However an annual release cycle is a reasonable cycle for doing a whole distribution.
Microsoft wanted people to rent the software, but users don't want to. If you do development over five years and make so many changes it is more painful for the user. The cost of the pain is likely to be higher than the cost of the operating system which is why people are slow to upgrade, he said.
Source: theinquirer
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