The whys, whats and whens of Vista

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Ina Fried CNET News

Published: 01 Aug 2005 13:25 BST

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Microsoft is also releasing a test version of the next server operating system. How far along is that? Is it behind the development of the desktop OS?
We are doing a server release at the same time, but again, it's really foundation-level, about the same sort of stuff I talked about at the client. It's sort of the mirror image of that. We came up with a way to 'componentise' the system so you can run less software in certain roles. We don't have any of the final role management tools in Beta 1 or anything.

But in terms of who I think (will be interested), I think that if you're an IT professional and you're interested in the deployment aspects, then you're going to be interested in either the client or server, because it's the same basic technology that is being used there. So that's who I think would be the most interested. And is it behind? I don't know. We have a lot of features to put in both products still, so I don't know how to judge that.

Microsoft is working on the OneCare antivirus package, including the anti-spyware program that's in beta now. Would you consider building some of those security technologies directly into Windows Vista?
OneCare is a separate product. I think we've been very clear that we are going to improve security and safety into Vista in a pretty big way.

Is there anything in Windows Vista specific to spam fighting?
I'm not sure if there's any OS-level changes. In Beta 1 we put in spam filtering in OE. The filters are plumbed automatically. So, yeah, you can take a look at that in Beta 1.

What is Microsoft doing at this point, where are you in terms of encouraging software developers to write applications that specifically take advantage of Vista's new features? Where are you, and what are some of the next steps in that area?
Well, the big next step is the Professional Developers Conference. We will lay out the things, the features that we think people should take advantage of.

In terms of betas, is the beta for WinFS (the Windows File Storage update that was pulled from Longhorn) still timed for around the release to market of Windows Vista?
Yes, currently.

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