Of Microsoft and Innovation
WinInfo | at | by Mike
I suspect we've broached the topic of Microsoft innovation in Windows IT Pro UPDATE more than once in the past. But with some interesting recent revelations about how dysfunctional Microsoft can be internally, timed not coincidentally with the release of an Apple tablet device, the topic has a new urgency. Has Microsoft simply grown too big to lead the tech industry into the future as it has for so many years? Or can truly innovative ideas still spring from the software giant's convoluted and overly deep corporate hierarchy?
Windows 7 is great, and the reviews are off the charts. But let's be serious: It could never have happened without Vista first, and the guys responsible for that underrated product have been systematically driven out of the company.