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Programming Windows: Transitions (Premium)
In 2007 and 2008, Steven Sinofsky and this team prepared the follow-ups to Windows Vista: Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) […]

Programming Windows: Ribbonized (Premium)
Programming Windows: Ribbonized (Premium) – Thurrott.com Premium While Microsoft struggled to make sense of Windows Longhorn in 2005/6, the Office […]

Programming Windows: The Wow Stops Now (Premium)
The release of Windows Vista is now understood to be the time when Microsoft’s control of personal computing peaked and […]

Programming Windows: Jim Allchin Interview (Premium)
Programming Windows: Jim Allchin Interview (Premium) – Thurrott.com Premium On a cold morning in January 2006, I met with Microsoft […]

Programming Windows: End Game (Premium)
With Jim Allchin teetering towards retirement, Microsoft finally shipped Windows Vista after several more delays in 2006. The post Programming […]

Programming Windows: Connected, Clear, Confident (Premium)
Programming Windows: Connected, Clear, Confident (Premium) – Thurrott.com Premium I was on vacation with my family in Stowe, Vermont in […]

Programming Windows: Redmond, Start Your Photocopiers (Premium)
In the years since Steve Jobs had returned to Apple, he had rarely missed an opportunity to mock Microsoft or […]

Programming Windows: XP Reloaded (Premium)
Programming Windows: XP Reloaded (Premium) – Thurrott.com Premium Despite the perpetual Longhorn delays, Microsoft decided in early 2004 to forego […]