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Microsoft May Delay Windows Vista Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the redux-redux dept.

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."

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  1. If anyone actually expected MS to be on time... by AriaStar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...clearly you aren't familiar with their history of being a pain in the ass. As soon as Leopard comes out, I'm going Mac.

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  2. Re:Brilliant! by Daltorak · · Score: 5, Interesting


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windo ws_Vista ... read the whole thing (yes, it's long and wordy), and then explain to me how Monad and WinFS are collectively better than the hundreds of improvements listed there. Be sure you understand what Vista *is*, as opposed to what it *isn't*.

  3. You can't make this stuff up by gillbates · · Score: 3, Interesting

    OK, first of all, this is Gartner, not MS making the claims. From the article:

    said the new Windows Vista operating system is too complex to be able to meet Microsoft's targeted November release... [emphasis added]

    Yes, this is the same Gartner that said that Linux was too complex to have been written by Linus Torvalds...

    But, it gets better:

    Once production starts, it usually takes between six- to eight-weeks for PC manufacturers to load the operating system onto new computers, Gartner said.

    Six weeks! - and I thought I had a slow hard drive when it took two hours to install Linux.

    Perhaps that should have been "six to eight weeks to begin shipping..."?

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  4. Tell me again, what's coming in Vista? by dtjohnson · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Windows 95 brought TCP/IP and a web browser. Windows 98 brought USB and FAT32. Windows 2K/XP brought multi-user and NTFS. Quick, in 30 seconds or less, what is Vista is going to have that's interesting? I predict it will a draconian DRM thingy to go with some product activation scheme even more onerous that WinXP. Yeah, that's got me excited...not.

  5. In related news... by moosesocks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In reponse to this news, Apple stock was up 3% today.

    This is a dangerous game Microsoft's playing.

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  6. Re:This is getting old by jcr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If I hadn't seen a beta, I would claim that Vista is vaporware.

    I have a beta of Apple's Copland.

    -jcr

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