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Ben Fathi, who served as one of Microsoft's top Windows executives, has shared some insider’s insight on what went wrong with Vista. Part of the problem is that Windows got too big for its own good, which made it difficult for the development team to create a product that satisfied both the company and its billions of customers.
There were so many seismic shifts happening in the computing industry during those years — the advent of the internet, the rise of the mobile phone, the emergence of cloud computing, the creation of new ad-supported business models, the viral growth of social media, the relentless march of Moore’s law, and the popularity of open source are just a few factors that assaulted Windows from all directions.
There were so many seismic shifts happening in the computing industry during those years — the advent of the internet, the rise of the mobile phone, the emergence of cloud computing, the creation of new ad-supported business models, the viral growth of social media, the relentless march of Moore’s law, and the popularity of open source are just a few factors that assaulted Windows from all directions.