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Windows Vista Delayed Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ok-for-the-business-version-to-have-security-holes dept.

Trenty writes "Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista yet again. Jim Allchin told analysts that the OS would not ship in January of 2007, which is a 1-2 month delay. Oddly, even though they are citing the need for more time to tweak security, business editions will available to volume licensing customers before the close of the year."

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  1. Re:Less and less relevant? by misleb · · Score: 1, Offtopic



    Linux distributions have the unique problem of getting stale quickly because one usually relies on software packages built specifically for that distro release. After three years, it can be difficult to find current packages for your distribution. And if you choose to go with custom compiled programs, upgrading to the latest versions of software can become a chore when there are many dependencies. A 6 year old WIndows OS, on the other hand, can usually run the lastest software without any hassle. For this reason, Windows can easily afford to wait a long time between releases. LInux distributions cannot.

    -matthew

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