Was I wrong?

I've been at Microsoft 9 years nearly and what continually surprises me is how rapidly technology changes....

When I joined we were in the throws of creating Windows 2000 and Windows 98! Before Microsoft I was actually involved in the Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server and the joys of MS Mail - (I can sadly still remember the directories in the Post Office server!)

I had a really 'interesting' experience over the past week.  I had a customer get really annoyed that I could not give them a 10 year roadmap for Mobility.  I was more than happy to share our 2 year roadmap (under NDA of course) and 3-5 year vision but the customer got really really irritated that I couldn't give them a 10 year detailed view....

I was chatting with Darren today and we agreed that on one hand it was reassuring that the customer had the confidence that we could give them the 10 year roadmap but on the other hand it was somewhat unrealistic to expect us to give concrete detail for 10 years.

So was I wrong ? Should we be able to give a 10 year roadmap for Mobility?