Is Windows Getting Morbidly Obese?

Technewsworld.com has an interesting article that brings up a few valid points in regards to Microsoft’s previous and current operating system path(s). For the most part, it’s nothing we don’t already know. Windows is becoming a bloated piece of crap. The article talks about how it takes Microsoft too long to introduce new versions of Windows, and when they do, it takes too long for it to become stable. Quoted from the article: “In the development of Longhorn (Vista), Microsoft came to the conclusion that Windows had become too big and complex, forcing a reset back to a known good code set based on Windows Server 2003 — and this is a large part of the reason that Windows Vista delivered primarily incremental improvements”. Nice conclusion Microsoft, you guys figured that out all by yourself? Or was it when you realized Vista needs at least 1GB, 2GB recommended, to actually be usable for everyday consumers?

Anyways, Microsoft has probably been bashed enough with Vista. It’s time to learn from mistakes and move on. Next up, Windows Vista Service Pack 2(SP2) has not been announced yet by Microsoft. But I doubt it’s going to do much for Vista’s performance unless the kernel is seriously revamped. I’d be impressed if it included a watered down client version of Hypervisor, which is the virtualization software that’s included with some Windows Server 2008 versions. Judging by Microsoft’s track record, I predict SP2 for Vista will be out around late 2009, early 2010. Unless they allocate more resources to their Windows updates department I don’t see it coming out any earlier.