Windows 7 will go on sale soon, which seems to have gotten Microsoft to change their minds about how well Windows Vista really is. It is not surprising, since it is difficult to sell a product your self say is not very good.
- The people underestimate the importance of good or bad products. and sometimes are your products good, sometimes bad. And I believe that Vista was a less good product for Microsoft, said Songhurst in a webcast this week.
Rarely has any version of Windows been more criticized than Windows Vista. It is mainly annoying security features, sluggish performance and compatibility issues that have irritated people. Many of these problems have been resolved through future updates and service packs, but many have experienced this as too late, which has meant that they have fled back to Windows XP or competitive platforms.
Now the leaders admitted that Microsoft also has previously hinted that Windows Vista was not as good as it should have been. The company did, after all,use about five years to develop it.
- Vista seemed not ready at launch. There were problems with drivers and compatibility with applications. With Windows 7 to the ecosystem around also have been finished before the launch, "said Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, last fall.
At about the same time promised Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 will be like Vista, only much better.
The real concession is still the Song Hurst came with. It is difficult to see any other reason for him to do it right now than the Windows 7 comes on the market in a few weeks. In the future, Microsoft will of course use anything that has the power to tell your customers why they should upgrade to Windows 7
For retailers should Microsoft be more open, as in this written to Best Buy in the U.S., where the company says that Windows 7 is not just "Vista works, but a completely new operating system.
