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Microsoft doing things the Linux way?

Published by Esteban Glas on October 17th, 2008 | This post lacks all category except for: Business, Linux

After reading this article on CrunchGear and particularly after gazing this inevitably quoted paragraph:

Still, it seems that MS has changed up the strategy for putting things together, emphasizing smaller teams with less higher-up input. Teams called “Triads” — one developer, one tester, and one program manager — chisel away at problems and work independently. The poster says this leads to a more integrated approach to creating a feature, and more transparency in management means decisions can be made in good time with enough visibility for the teams to accommodate them.

I can’t help but wonder if the big Redmond Company is not trying to replicate the Open source way of doing things.

The old Cathedral model might be gone. And it might of took Vista for some companies to realize that Open Source and transparent development cycles are not a dreaded enemy but rather smart ways to tackle complex projects.

Please don’t see this post as a “Windoze sucks, linux rulz” kind of thing. I’m keen to Linux, true enough, but I make this point as a mere observation of what could put Microsoft back into track.

My Wishlist for Windows 7:

• Don’t make it a process hog.

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