Link: Allchin: Vista apps to be ‘mind-bogglingly cool’ | CNET News.com.
Jim Allchin, the chief Microsoft engineering manager behind Windows Vista, has issued a call to arms to software developers, urging them to build new applications for the desktop operating system.
In an open letter posted on Microsoft’s developer portal Monday, Allchin said that Vista offered third-party developers opportunities to build applications that are "visually stunning, connected, workflow-enabled, and secure."
Allchin, the co-president of Microsoft’s Platforms and Services group, reiterated the company’s Vista schedule, saying that the software will be done by the end of the year and available to consumers in January, barring any bugs around "data corruption, resiliency or security."
"People will flock to software that is new, compelling, and ‘cool.’ You have GOT to be ready for this opportunity," Allchin wrote to developers.
In other news, the cool new Porsche roadster will be in showrooms soon, barring any problems with exploding gas tanks, toxic sludge disgorged onto the driver’s seat, and human and animal parts inadvertently left in the trunk. Aside from that, it will be cool, oh yes it will.
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