Microsoft, the company with the notorious short-attention-span-syndrome, in 2005 announced "Metro". Bill himself was behind the product/format that became XPS. Since then PDF has become an ISO standard, while Adobe still drives the format's future. PDF may be nearing the crest of its short but very happy life, while XPS was still-born. Nominally supported in Windows 7, Microsoft has effectively consigned the technology to a foster hope of ill-repute: its own development teams.
There's a lesson here, and it's reflected in Microsoft's recent modest attempts to compete in search and telephony.
Microsoft, the company with the notorious short-attention-span-syndrome, in 2005 announced "Metro". Bill himself was behind the product/format that became XPS. Since then PDF has become an ISO standard, while Adobe still drives the format's future. PDF may be nearing the crest of its short but very happy life, while XPS was still-born. Nominally supported in Windows 7, Microsoft has effectively consigned the technology to a foster hope of ill-repute: its own development teams.
There's a lesson here, and it's reflected in Microsoft's recent modest attempts to compete in search and telephony.
Thad McIlroy
The Future of Publishing
www.thefutureofpublishing.com
Submitted by Thad_McIlroy on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 14:06.
Metro became XPS. Where is it now?
Microsoft, the company with the notorious short-attention-span-syndrome, in 2005 announced "Metro". Bill himself was behind the product/format that became XPS. Since then PDF has become an ISO standard, while Adobe still drives the format's future. PDF may be nearing the crest of its short but very happy life, while XPS was still-born. Nominally supported in Windows 7, Microsoft has effectively consigned the technology to a foster hope of ill-repute: its own development teams.
There's a lesson here, and it's reflected in Microsoft's recent modest attempts to compete in search and telephony.
Where is XPS now?
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Microsoft, the company with the notorious short-attention-span-syndrome, in 2005 announced "Metro". Bill himself was behind the product/format that became XPS. Since then PDF has become an ISO standard, while Adobe still drives the format's future. PDF may be nearing the crest of its short but very happy life, while XPS was still-born. Nominally supported in Windows 7, Microsoft has effectively consigned the technology to a foster hope of ill-repute: its own development teams.
There's a lesson here, and it's reflected in Microsoft's recent modest attempts to compete in search and telephony.
Thad McIlroy
The Future of Publishing
www.thefutureofpublishing.com