Posted By: scobleizer | Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 2:47 PM | 268,478 Views | 45 Comments
Rob Short is the corporate vice president in charge of the team that architects the foundation of Windows Vista. This is a fascinating conversation with the kernel architecture team. It's our Christmas present to all of the Niners out there who've stuck with us day after day.

This is a very candid interview. We even ask "do you ever wish the registry had never been developed?" Charles Torre does this "going deep" interview. Out of all the interviews we've done this one is the most interesting because this team has such a deep impact on how reliable, scalable, secure, etc Windows Vista actually will be.

In this video you'll meet:

Darryl Havens, Architect.
Richard B. Ward, Architect.
Rich Neves, Architect.

Enjoy! And, don't be suprised if your brain hurt the way ours hurt after having this conversation.
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Looking forward to this one, hooray for your blog scoble.

And where is the next singularity vid....
LaBomba
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Happy holidays for the geeks indeed! Smiley

Great! Will like see/hear more from Rob and his team in the future.
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Saptak wrote:
Great! Will like see/hear more from Rob and his team in the future.


We'll be talking to some of the folks Rob mentioned (the engineers who are making this stuff happen, plus more with Richard Ward on security in Windows...)

Also, stay tuned for a discussion with a couple Shell architects.

It's always a pleasure to listen to and learn from the big thinkers behind our technologies.

C
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KevinB wrote:


And where is the next singularity vid....


You mean this one?
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I've enjoyed most of the Channel 9 Videos. But this one was especially cool.

It would be really interesting to find out if someone at microsoft is looking at the problem of http://channel9.msdn.com/ctpmadness/ and also that software has to be installed or uninstalled in a specific order or it leaves the system in a bad state. For example I had a hard time getting CSharp Express 2005 Beta 2 off my system. I know it should not be installed on a production machine, yada yada, it's a beta, yada yada. But why must it effect, or should I be so bold as say infect, my system like that?

Good lighting in this video. I hope every video has the same level of lighting as much as possible. I hate dark videos where you can barely see the person. Channel 9 needs to invest in some semi-pro lighting equipment. I know this goes against the philosophy of not being intimidating for the interviewee, but it will go a long way in making videos more clear.

Fair enough, it's your call and I can understand not wanting to carry equipment around all day long. Though I would suggest using well lit rooms like this one as much as possible when you gather folks for a group interview.

First time posting on Ch9, been watching your videos for a while and I really enjoy them. This has been a real PR coup for MS, even if very subtle.

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