Users don’t buy operating systems for operating systems’ sake; they buy them for the applications that run on them.
Given that truism, it’s not too early to wonder about the whereabouts of Windows-Vista-optimized apps.
Microsoft will have showcase applications ready in time for the Vista launch, which is still set for January 2007, company officials said. But given recent lawsuits and public disagreements with the likes of
Microsoft has demonstrated its Max photo-sharing prototype application that is fine-tuned for Vista, and sources have said the company is building a comparable,
A whole new crop of application developers could emerge as the first wave of Vista supporters, said Vic Gundotra, general manager of developer platform and evangelism for Microsoft.
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