If Microsoft is making WPF, WCF, and .NET Framework 3.0 available separately from Windows Vista, doesn’t that “water down” Windows Vista and make it less exciting?
Not necessarily. These technologies are for developers only, and don’t impact the end user experience on Windows Vista at all. Most important, perhaps, Microsoft is making these technologies available to a wider audience now, so we’ll see more great Windows Vista-compatible applications earlier rather than later. What does make Windows Vista less exciting is the long wait and the dropped features. Microsoft promised us this OS for several years, and with every passing year its once-phenomenal improvements seem less and less impressive. Don’t misunderstand: Windows Vista is a huge Windows release and one that consumers, especially, should be excited about. But the wait, and the sheer number of features Microsoft had to drop to make its deadlines, does make Vista a bit less exciting than it could have been.
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