[…] There was almost a sadness in discussions about how to fix it, as if they knew it was unfixable. dBASE had become a huge albatross, a product that had years of features heaped on top of an architecture that was never designed to handle such a load.
But the only answer for Microsoft will be to finally throw away the shackles of compatibility.
Quelle: Windows Vista: Past Its Due Date Already
Wie Recht er hat (auch wenn der Artikel im Jahre des Herrn 2006 geschrieben wurde – er hat immer noch Gültigkeit). Wenn sich Microsoft mit Windows 7 nichts gescheites einfallen lässt, hat der Software-Entwickler aus Redmond ein mächtiges Problem.
