Hot on the heels of Smarthouse:
Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN.Quoting the complete text of an internal Microsoft memo about repeated in mainstream media. But is it true? I totally agree with Alec Saunders. Can the journalist and editor who wrote this do some homework please? Update: I just talked with Frank Shaw, vice president at Waggener Edstrom (Microsoft's main PR company), he says this article is absolutely not true. Frank knows more people inside Microsoft than anyone else I know (he hangs out with all the execs). There aren't any Xbox developers moving to Windows, he tells me (verified from other people I know inside Microsoft too).As I write this post on Saturday morning, just 24 hours after the Smarthouse story, I see in my RSS reader more mainstream media reports on the Vista rewrite. What's interesting, too, is that in the midst of this kerfuffle, more blog posts are appearing that question the supposed facts. Those posts stem from Robert's hogwash' post. FUD. If this story simply is not true, then what Microsoft needs to do is squash it flat and do it quickly - at least as quickly as news and opinion flashes around the blogosphere. That means an official announcement of some sort which, unlike the typical Microsoft corporate press release, doesn't have to be glitzy and massaged. A clear and credible statement with the facts will do just fine. Add to Yahoo! My Web Technorati: Neville Hobson is the author of the popular Crayon. Visit Neville Hobson's blog:
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