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Bug Pushes Vista Out to November 8th
IntelliAdmin writes "Microsoft originally targeted October 25th for Vista's release to manufacturing, but a last-minute bug that 'took most of the Vista team by surprise' has caused an unexpected delay, said Ethan Allen, a quality assurance lead at a Seattle high-tech company that tests its products for Vista. Allen said the Vista team discovered the bug, which 'would totally crash the system, requiring a complete reinstall'. Vista now has a new RTM date of November 8th" A reader wrote in to point out this story originated with Paul Thurrott.
1. It's still Windows
2. It's not *NIX
3. Certain root kits and viruses are not backward compatible
4. Script kiddies need more time to examine Vista and the Script Kiddie Development Kit (SKDK)is not ready from MSDN.
5. "Oops, we forgot that kernel thingy."
6. All of the above.
One ring to bind them - should probably have more fiber and less rings in their diet.
How long has MS had to iron out Vista? Because XP was released on October 25th (hence why they wanted to ship Vista then) in 2001. They've had over 5 years, and dumped a TON of money into Vista. And it still doesn't work right. It doesn't matter that it's uncommon... they're advertising this OS as the cure to everything that ails us, the most secure, stable, perfect version of Windows ever. And then this hits. BTW, this was SUPPOSED to be the final product. But there were flaws in it. Which is why we're judging it, as per your sage advice. When's the last time you heard of a bug in Linux forcing a reinstall?
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So a punchline isn't even required for this joke any longer but it's still +4 Funny? Or are the mods referring to the smell of this stale reference?
I went to eat some animal crackers and the box said, "Do not eat if seal is broken." I opened the box and sure enough..