Everything Old Is New Again

Windows Vista, 7, and Singularity: The New Copland, Gershwin, Taligent -- RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Microsoft's current and future operating system projects, Windows Vista, Windows Seven, and Singularity, share too much in common with Apple's failures of the mid-90s. Each project bears a striking resemblance to the three catastrophes that nearly killed Apple in the early 90s, and for many of the same core reasons. Here's why, and what this means for the future of the PC desktop, the Windows platform, and new emerging mobile markets.

There aren't a lot of Mac columnists better than Daniel Eran Dilger these days--this one is particularly good.