Understanding the Feature Design Process at Microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/09/27/459345.aspxYet another fantastic post from Vinny Pasceri, Program Manager for the Windows Shell Team, appears over at the Windows Shell blog . Vinny sheds some light on what is involved in the feature design process here at Microsoft. He separates the process intoCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: Understanding the Feature Design Process at Microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/09/27/459345.aspx#459385Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:30:51 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:459385newscientist2000Wow thats a lot of work going on there.  Seems like a fun and interesting job though!re: Understanding the Feature Design Process at Microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/09/27/459345.aspx#459394Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:56:35 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:459394someoneMS should ask the people for features in a product and then develop the spec....that's where it is different from small ISVs and open source developers.re: Understanding the Feature Design Process at Microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/09/27/459345.aspx#459443Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:05:41 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:459443Nick WhiteHey someone:  we do this already in a number of ways; I'd suggest contacting the folks at connect.microsoft.com to learn more about how you can provide early feedback when we shift to designing the next version of Windows.