My friends at IT Business Edge asked if I would be interested in talking to them about Windows Vista. I said yes, Ken Hardin asked me some really smart questions, and I don’t think I embarrassed myself too much.
A nice interview on Vista
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Ed Bott 
Hey, isn’t that what a computer’s for — software? This is where virtualization will define the next few years of computing IMO, and nifty products make Altiris SVS will make it quick and easy to avoid loading software that leaves behind unremoveable debris.
Ed,
It is most excellent that you are writing an Inside Out book for Vista. I am looking forward to getting it when I get Vista itself.
Hi,
I’ve listended to some of the “Nitpicking Vista” debate with Chris Pirillo. Just a few comments:
CP has to be one of the most arrogant people I’ve ever heard speak. I also found his voice and manner so annoying I couldn’t even listen to most of it.
You have the patience of a saint.
As a System Administrator my major concerns are about ease of use, security and deployment. A missing or “wrong” font even if it exists is right at the bottom of the list.
I will in the future be more interested in your comments and less interested in his.
Cheers
Stephen
While I didnt get the chance to hear CP’s comments I will say this. The 5384 build is way way off from being production. From Hiding the ability to disable the UAC in msconfig, horrible implementation of the pae and /3gb switches in bdcedit.exe(side note, what in gods name were they thinking?) to the absolutely awful process of getting Outlook into their new mobile manager. If the final builds are anything like this, we will not roll this OS. While XP has more holes than swiss cheese, at least with proper care you can do something. This build shows absolutely no hope of MS understanding the world THEY created. Apps cant write logs they need, cant run as services correctly. IE7 crashed so bad I had to rollback to the initial install of the OS to get problem reporting running. BCDedit.exe is a major malfunction on their part. We didnt ask for WIM to be crammed down our throats, if we cant RIS, we’ll ghost. Proper WIM images on a large scale needs a hefty SMS box and MOM, no thanks we didnt want it before, what makes them think we want it now? It took a very, very long time (1.5 years?) for most CAD and Enginering apps to get to SP2 level, there is no way, no way they can get something like Solidworks or Autodesk to get in line that quickly. Autodesk still doesnt support proper ISA server implementations for their activation processes. This is a train wreck destined to happen. It would really be awesome if you could get MS to talk about this train wreck in an article or interview, the MAC OS meets Windows approach isnt going to work.