Microsoft to Delay Windows Vista Release
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SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil. Is there anybody here who did NOT expect something like this?
Troposphere wrote:
Is there anybody here who did NOT expect something like this?
:rolleyes: I am completely shocked, all my work is going to fall apart.... "We're talking real fire and brimstone here! Dogs and cats sleeping together! End of the world stuff!" :rolleyes: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil. Is there anybody here who did NOT expect something like this?
I fully expected a delay. I say this not to bash MS, but because writing an OS these days is just hard. And it's worse for MS because they have to be extra-careful about security problems, due to their software being such a big target. The world will continue rotating if people use XP for an extra 6 months. I'd rather have that than an OS rushed out the door - before a complete security review is done - and on thousands of Dells ready to be pwned. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil. Is there anybody here who did NOT expect something like this?
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SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil. Is there anybody here who did NOT expect something like this?
Troposphere wrote:
SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil.
Sorry. It's my fault. I really wanted to buy a new PC to run Vista but my budget won't stretch to it until 2007. So I asked Bill to delay the release so that I could be one of the first to have a Vista PC. I do apologise. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Troposphere wrote:
SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil.
Sorry. It's my fault. I really wanted to buy a new PC to run Vista but my budget won't stretch to it until 2007. So I asked Bill to delay the release so that I could be one of the first to have a Vista PC. I do apologise. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Troposphere wrote:
Microsoft to Delay Windows Vista Release
Repost. ;P Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Repost.
Might I ask when the original post was that you're referring to? :confused: -- modified at 7:14 Wednesday 22nd March, 2006 Whoops! I didn't notice you were being sarcastic. Sorry.
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SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil. Is there anybody here who did NOT expect something like this?
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SEATTLE Mar 21, 2006 (AP)— Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil. Is there anybody here who did NOT expect something like this?
Maybe the delay is so they can add Xaml support to C++ :-D Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
The Ultimate Grid - The #1 MFC grid out there! -
You're kidding me... [edit: not that I'd particularly want a copy of Vista for Christmas...] cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
-- modified at 19:36 Tuesday 21st March, 2006
I can see it now...honey, forget that shiny new power tool or new bike for Christmas. What I really want is Windows Vista. :laugh: Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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I fully expected a delay. I say this not to bash MS, but because writing an OS these days is just hard. And it's worse for MS because they have to be extra-careful about security problems, due to their software being such a big target. The world will continue rotating if people use XP for an extra 6 months. I'd rather have that than an OS rushed out the door - before a complete security review is done - and on thousands of Dells ready to be pwned. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
One of the main reasons MS has growing difficulty in developing its new "OS" is that they keep inflating the definition of what is an OS. Once you have memory management, a file system, an IO subsystem, an API for it all, a program launching capability and some kind of command shell, you already have an OS. Once you start considering the Window Manager as part of the OS, well, all hell gets loose and you end up wanting to bundle a web browser, a chat program and a TV player in what you then call "OS". Of course, the more MS can convince the world an OS "ought" to include, the more they can inflate Windows to justify increasing the price of the basic bundle. Good for them if they get away with it, as long as they keep coming up with an occasional good thing (like DotNet, C# and ATLAS).
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Repost.
Might I ask when the original post was that you're referring to? :confused: -- modified at 7:14 Wednesday 22nd March, 2006 Whoops! I didn't notice you were being sarcastic. Sorry.
Troposphere wrote:
Might I ask when the original post was that you're referring to?
Any post that announces Vista will be delayed is a repost. :laugh: Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
