Australia's Smarthouse magazine says a Microsoft insider has confirmed that "up to 60% of the code in the [Windows Vista] is set to be rewritten." The article says that Vista's entertainment and media center functionality is experiencing "many problems," and programmers from the Xbox 360 have been pulled in to help fix them. Furthermore, Smarthouse says Microsoft has "initiated a total restructure of the [Windows] division." I don't see any of this being confirmed anywhere, but it sure sounds like a disaster. Will Vista be a leap for Windows like Windows 95, or is this the harbinger of another Windows ME?

[Thanks, Ed!]