The development of Windows 7
As mentioned previously, Microsoft exec Steven Sinofsky has a new blog about Windows 7. Any crumb of information about Windows 7 leads to a flurry of posts in the blogosphere and Sinofsky’s second post has been widely commented on. There is no information about Windows 7 itself; the post talks about the organization of the teams of developers who are involved with Windows 7. It is a veritable army, an army laden with majors and colonels. PC World comments:
Among the factoids revealed in the blog so far: The workforce tasked with assembling the forthcoming OS is immense, and it’s dense with middle managers. As many as 2,000 developers may be involved, according to reports. That sounds like a truly Herculean project-management undertaking — and indeed, if the figures quoted in the Windows 7 blog are to be believed, Microsoft has staffed up with one manager for every four developers. It’s enough to make one wonder how Windows 7 will avoid the implementation failures and missed deadlines that plagued Vista’s launch.
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