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Vista Could Ship Earlier Than Expected

Posted by Hemos on from the not-bloody-likely dept.

UltimaGuy writes "With speculation of a ship date for Windows Vista ranging in the second part of 2006, word has surprisingly surfaced that it can be expected much earlier. BusinessWeek has received a copy of the internal blog of Chris Jones, who is a top Windows executive. The blog states that the code for Windows Vista will be completed by August 31, giving Microsoft the opportunity to place Vista on PCs for the 2006 Christmas season."

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  1. Yea sure..... by rimcrazy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just in time for Santa, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy..............

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    1. Re:Yea sure..... by oztiks · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yep, and let's face it, an Operating System is not the first gift you'd think of giving, nor would there be much Vista-based software available. Can't imagine why they think getting it out in time for Christmas is in any way important!

      You know after reading your post i had a sudden flash of this evil grinch like santa wearing thick glasses, having a bowl haircut (real 70's like) and the windows emblem printed on the side of his bag of goodies. Going from house to house replacing peoples linux distribution pressies with copies of vista.

      Now imagine being that poor let down 10yr old child screaming in dismay ... MUM!!! I TOLD YOU I DIDNT WANT THIS PROPEITRY SOFTWARE TRASH!!!

      And yes i know the hole in this plot, if your giving copies of linux to people for xmas you must be a real cheapskate.

  2. in other news... by 0110011001110101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    a top Realm employee has revealed that the first copy of DukeNukem Forever will be posted with Vista...

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  3. Better hope it's not being released too early by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or else you might have to have some string on hand for -

    Oh, wait. Wrong Microsoft product. My bad.

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  4. Interesting coincidence.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    All of the previous comments were submitted by members who joined Slashdot, apparently, within a few minutes or days at most of each other.

    Check out the members' numbers: if this were poker, it would be a straight-flush.
    1.(#14127838)
    2.(#14127840)
    3.(#14127841)
    4. (#14127843)
    5.(#14127845)
    6.(#14127850)

    And all were posted within two minutes or so of each other. What are the odds?

    And one or all of him, apparently, has moderator points, and is modding himself up.

    Perhaps there is a way to prevent Slashdot giving multiple accounts to jerkoffs.

    1. Re:Interesting coincidence.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Perhaps there is a way to prevent Slashdot giving multiple accounts to jerkoffs.

      Perhaps there's a way to educate ACs about which number is the User ID and which is the post number.

      Perhaps there is a way to educate logged in users about what sarcasm is, and how to use it/recognize it to prevent them from looking like fools.

  5. Re:Morons by DingerX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh give me a break. Code complete. this thing will sing through QA. I'm telling you, Windows Vista will be the most perfect work of man since the Septuagint translation, and those guys had the advantage of only a 72-person dev team!

    There will be no bugs or security problems. And if there are any, well Microsoft can always postpone Christmas. They've done it before, haven't they?

  6. Re:This Article Could Ship Earlier Than Expected by oztiks · · Score: 3, Funny

    obviously the articals' release date was later then expected, maybe someone wanted to ensure the quality of the information presented... which i cant say is true for the subject at hand ...

  7. Re:Am I missing something? by the_unknown_soldier · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes you are missing something. When the release was sheduled at the second half of 2006, nobody actually ever expected it to come out before 2010. 2006 is earlier than expected!

  8. Are you involved with this conspiracy? by InsaneLampshade · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr Anonymous Coward, your "member number" also appears to be convienently close to the previous comments, are you involved with this conspiracy?

  9. Isn't Vista... by Flashpot · · Score: 2, Funny

    the working name of Service Pack 3? :-)

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  10. Which Version ? by axonis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Which of the 7 different versions will ship first ?

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  11. Missing icon by Ruphuz · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's strange: I have refreshed the page several times, but the foot icon does not appear...

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  12. Thank god! by __aailob1448 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was wondering if everybody else was blind, stupid or crazy. I see that I was not alone.

  13. Windows Vista for christmas eh? by beef3k · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, that's worse than getting a pair of socks.

  14. Re:MS invented a Time Machine?? by One+Blue+Ninja · · Score: 3, Funny
    No, by that time, everyone expected Longhorn.
    Call me crazy, but I sure couldn't go to any of MY clients and say, "You know that project I was supposed to have done for you 4 years ago? Well, I've finally settled on a name for it. So it's not late anymore!"

    I can only hope that, as a /. reader, you're aware that Vista *is* Longhorn :-)

  15. So.... by tbannist · · Score: 2, Funny

    Code complete August 2006?
    Shipped October 2006?
    Quality assurance testing begins early 2007?
    Microsoft ends support early 2014?
    Last bug patched early 2014?

    Yup, par for the course for Windows 2005.

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  16. Re:New Products on Christmas are a MUST. by medgooroo · · Score: 5, Funny
    If M$ *cannot* deliver Vista by September 1st, hardware vendors won't be able to ship their PCs with Vista on Christmas. In this case, I bet they will postpone their shipping date to late-January / mid-February 2006.
    I was sure you were going to say "I bet they will postpone christmas to late-January / mid-February 2006.
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