18281. Windows Vista Harvard Business Case Study 909038. This paper provides a Berkeley Research case analysis and case solution for a Harvard Business School operations management case study by Benjamin Edelman on Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. Set in the year 2007, the case focuses on Microsoft’s decisions about what features to include in Vista and how to compete with the company’s own installed base of Windows XP. The paper includes problem statement, problem analysis with SWOT, identification and assessment of alternatives, recommendations and implementation plan. KEYWORDS: case studies case solution windows operating system Vista Microsoft software upgrades compatibility network effects corporate strategy software development. APA Style. 12 pages, 8 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.