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Microsoft May Delay Windows Vista Again
UltimaGuy writes to mention a Reuters report, stating that Vista may be delayed again, this time by up to three months. From the article: " The research note, released to clients [by the Gartner Group] on Monday, said the new Windows Vista operating system is too complex to be able to meet Microsoft's targeted November release for volume license customers and January launch for retail consumers. A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company disagreed with the Gartner report and it was still on track to meet its launch dates."
I certainly didnt see this coming!
MS/Hurd
"We won't be releasing it any time soon, but please enjoy the view."
Haven't they finished taking out everything that makes it different from XP yet?!??!?
Duke Nukem 3D project managers?
vista (vs't) pronunciation
... "distant" ...
n.
1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
Hmm
"Cats like plain crisps"
Did't we know this months ago?
Microsoft has announced that their next-gen OS, formerly known as Vista, will be renamed "Vista Forever". Steve Ballmer was unavailable for comment.
"Microsoft still wants to get it out as soon as possible
Amazing insight. Worth every penny spend on the report
Help fight continental drift.
"It's not THAT late."
"Still better than Linux"
"It's only because MS is so far ahead already; they feel no need to rush their product out the door."
"This time they'll get the security issues right."
"Damned if they do, damned if they don't. You Linux advocates complain no matter what; admit that this way they'll avoid the bugs!"
"It's Windows! It's the biggest project anywhere! 3 million lines of code! And it's Vista, the biggest upgrade yet! What's a few months between friends? Vista is WAY bigger than any Linux distribution!"
"Microsoft has to be enterprise ready. Linux is for dweebs and nerds. Of course Windows has a longer release cycle; that's 'cause its better"
"It's not fair; if MS didn't have to deal with all these vindictive, nerdy hackers, Windows wouldn't take so long to develop. Imagine if Apple or Linux had to deal with these black hat hackers."
"We're MS. The Volume Goes to 11 Here."
Did I miss any?
WhiteWolf666 an exBush supporter. All you new-school,compassionate,save the children Republicans can rot in hell
Vista Screenshot
Microsoft announced, in a (very) recent press release, some of the exciting technlologies in Windows Vista. Apparently, the aging NT kernel has been scrapped, and the new Windows kernel will use a combination of the GNU/Hurd and the L4 microkernel to power its next-gen operating system. While desktop users might not care about what is under the hood, they will be amazed at the next-gen Windows desktop, which uses the E17 shell. Gamers of the world will rejoice, because Microsoft has replaced the venerable MS Solitaire card game with Duke Nukem: Forever. In a possible attempt to squash threats from the World Wide Web (again), Microsoft has leveraged Udanax infrastructure to provide 'transclusion' technologies. This will surely be the greatest Windows Operating System ever, if not the greatest Operating System ever!
---- "XML is like violence. If it doesn't fix the problem, you aren't using enough."
Maybe he's referring to people holding off on buying a Mac until Vista is released.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
You do know that +1 Funny mods don't improve Karma?
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. - Edward R. Murrow
Sorry, sorry.
"Words of wisdom: drop that zero and get with the hero" -- Vanilla Ice
If Gartner is only 25% correct, then that means we won't be seeing Vista until sometime around December 20th, 2012.
My Sysadmin Blog
Yeah, well, it ... it ...
IT HAS A 3D USER INTERFACE!!!1!1!!!1111
Whew. 28 seconds.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
"Because if waiting a few more months means getting what's the most up-to-date"
You're new to this whole computer buying thing, aren't you?
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
And performance.
And price.
And hardware support.
And possibly software support.
ad infinitum...
Also I'm not sure how you got OSX 'Tiger' to run a G3, unless you know of a trick I don't know of. I didn't think it would install, nor function properly without the altivec extensions.
What trick did I use to get OSX 10.4 to run on my G3 800mhz iBook with 640ram?
Step one: Insert DVD-rom into DVD drive.
Step two: Click INSTALL.
Step three: Wait an hour or so.
Step four: Enjoy Mac OSX 10.4 with, as others have stated, high end functions like Quartz Extreme and the like turned off. They're not supported, so it doesn't use them. All they do is speed up the OS, so it runs without them, just slower.
Yeah, nothing marks a rush job more than delaying it.
I just cannot wait for the GNU version of Monad.
Gonad.. the shell with balls!
You know, the way things are going, some window manager for linux accomplish this much sooner?
In this case: A wide view of many things far far away.
But it is the first Windows-OS with a graphical user interface.
It's just like Malibu Stacy with a new hat.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.