Scoble criticizes Microsoft man in Australia
Following our reports on APC magazine’s interview with Nigel Page, a strategist with Microsoft Australia, Robert Scoble has criticized Page’s conclusions on the hardware requirements for Windows Vista.
I quote Scoble’s post almost in full, because it’s an interesting one and crucial to Vista’s credibility in the marketplace :
” … the hardware requirements that Windows Vista will need.
“Sorry, Nigel [Page] (the guy they quoted) is wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
“I’ve been interviewing lots of teams about what Windows Vista will need and it’s nowhere near what this article says.
“I have a video coming up next week that’ll answer a lot of these concerns.
” ‘Well, Scoble, why don’t you just tell us the minimum requirements then?’ I can hear some of you saying that. Sorry, can’t do that yet. The teams are still doing performance work. That work won’t be done until next year. But Windows Vista works just fine on Tablet PCs (which aren’t known for being very bleeding edge in hardware).
“And, Nigel, please talk with the team that wrote the display engine in Windows Vista and find out more about what the real requirements will be.”
Nigel, would you care to counter that?
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