Comments on: Business Physics http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 15th through April 16th | AccMan http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-258917 My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 15th through April 16th | AccMan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:57:50 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/#comment-258917 [...] Business Physics | Venture Chronicles - Quality analysis from Jeff Nolan about the problems Microsoft faces as it tries to redefine itself for the 21st century [...] [...] Business Physics | Venture Chronicles – Quality analysis from Jeff Nolan about the problems Microsoft faces as it tries to redefine itself for the 21st century [...]

]]> By: Simon Cast http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-257969 Simon Cast Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:59:58 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/#comment-257969 Jeff, My view is Microsoft should drop the Win32 kernal and instead focus on using an existing kernal (Linux comes to mind) and focus on the value add stuff (GUI) and extensions to Linux (WinFS or similar). It would free them up to focus on what matters to most users (the ease of use, safety, getting things done). Backward compatibility can be done using an emulator with minimal speed penalty with the advantage of being able to sandbox for security. Simon Jeff,

My view is Microsoft should drop the Win32 kernal and instead focus on using an existing kernal (Linux comes to mind) and focus on the value add stuff (GUI) and extensions to Linux (WinFS or similar).

It would free them up to focus on what matters to most users (the ease of use, safety, getting things done). Backward compatibility can be done using an emulator with minimal speed penalty with the advantage of being able to sandbox for security.

Simon

]]> By: The Microsoft Store… | Venture Chronicles http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-257702 The Microsoft Store… | Venture Chronicles Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:35:21 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/#comment-257702 [...] Posted on April 15, 2008Filed Under Companies | Wish I saw this before I wrote my earlier post on Vista. [...] [...] Posted on April 15, 2008Filed Under Companies | Wish I saw this before I wrote my earlier post on Vista. [...]

]]> By: dave http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-257654 dave Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:51:37 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/15/business-physics/#comment-257654 Jeff, To get a sense of the internal dynamics behind vista -- from the decision-making down to the build process -- I found this post about the design/implementation of the shutdown menu rather illuminating: http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.html Jeff,
To get a sense of the internal dynamics behind vista — from the decision-making down to the build process — I found this post about the design/implementation of the shutdown menu rather illuminating:

http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.html

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