Microsoft execs saw problems with early Vista

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Even some of Microsoft Corp.'s top officials struggled to make Windows Vista work smoothly when it was released, according to internal e-mails released Wednesday.
The messages, unsealed in a lawsuit against the company, show that Vista's early problems with hardware and software compatibility affected more than just average PC users. The e-mails also illustrate how the company will try to avoid such issues in the next Windows release.
"We need to be clearer with industry, and we need to decide what we will do and do that well and 100 percent and not just do a little of everything," wrote Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive who took over Windows engineering after Vista's retail release in January 2007.
The scattershot approach left hardware makers "in a confused state," Sinofsky added in the February 2007 e-mail, not long after he assumed the post. The message is notable in part because Sinofsky has been publicly quiet about Microsoft's plans for the next version, known by the internal code name Windows 7.
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer endorsed Sinofsky's sentiment succinctly. "Righto," Ballmer replied.

Microsoft execs saw problems with early Vista

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this does not surprise me nor would it surprise me if they found similar documents from 1999 and 2000 about XP.... lets just hope that W7 really is worth it and not just an updated Vista/XP