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Windows Vista Released To Manufacturing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-a-wrap dept.

Many readers wrote in to make sure we know that Microsoft execs have signed off on the code and Windows Vista has been and released to manufacturing. As APC put it, "It's good to go — or as good as it is going to be until the first round of patching begins." CNN has a good roundup of Vista's long development history.

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  1. leaked by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 4, Funny

    Leaked in 3 2 1..

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  2. Good to go? by klogg_siebentag · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woohoo, Vista is here! It must be 2003 already! Oh wait...

  3. Norton Antivirus? by bogaboga · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have Symantec solved their issues with Microsoft? If not, be prepared for an even louder rant from Symantec. Adobe should also watch out. For me, I doubt I will touch this Vista thingie anytime soon. Windows 2K and Xandros are still doing OK for me.

  4. CNN !=CNET by SNR+monkey · · Score: 5, Informative

    Amazingly, the summary has an error, the link is to a CNET article, not a CNN article. It doesn't make much sense for CNN to be covering the RTM of an operating system.

  5. where is... by cucucu · · Score: 5, Funny

    the torrent of the .iso image?

  6. WTF?? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

    How did the guy who tags all the other articles "itsatrap" miss this one?

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  7. Overheard by rootnl · · Score: 5, Funny

    It compiles! Ship it!!

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  8. Last version of Windows by CrazyTalk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    With each release Windows becomes more bloated and bug ridden, and it takes more time for a release. For the avearage consumer, computer OS's have reached maturity - there is really very little motivation for the average user to upgrade from XP to Vista (unlike going from DOS to Windows 3.1, or Windows 3.1 to Win 95 etc. which were huge changes). How much longer can this continue? Is anyone else convinced that this will be the last version of Windows as we know it?

    1. Re:Last version of Windows by Tim+C · · Score: 2, Insightful

      it takes more time for a release

      Really? What was the gap between Win95 and Win98? Between Win98 and Win2k? Between Win2k and XP? Let me give you a clue.

      I'm not debating that Vista has taken a metric shit-load of time to drag itself to RTM (we didn't use to call Longhorn Longwait for no reason), but your assertion that each release takes longer than the last is demonstrably false.

      there is really very little motivation for the average user to upgrade from XP to Vista

      There's very little motivation (beyond not wanting to feel that their computer is old and out of date) for the average user to upgrade from any given OS to any other. Most people do not upgrade their OS, they upgrade their PC and use whatever OS comes with it. They upgrade their PC as and when they feel that their current one is too old and slow for their needs; that varies from person to person. Even some gamers are still using Win 98 (see Valve's survey, scroll down to/search for "Windows Version"), and gamers are the group most likely to upgrade their OS.

      Is anyone else convinced that this will be the last version of Windows as we know it?

      I'm not convinced that it will be, but I concede that it might be. Don't expect Windows to go anywhere any time soon though, it's far too popular (as much as we might hate it) and makes MS far too much money for that to happen.

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  9. Time to milk the cash cow by GomezAdams · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And by SP2 all the older Office apps will be crippled forcing an upgrade to the Vista Office suite. Just think of the billions of dollars taken out of the world wide economy that could have been spent on REAL business improvements.

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  10. Yes, but by wumpus188 · · Score: 5, Funny

    will Linus send them a cake?

  11. Anybody Else Tired of Hearing This: by Luscious868 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From TFA:

    Ultimately, we never could have achieved this milestone without you, the enthusiast community, who have played a key role in making this the highest-quality, most secure, most reliable and most usable version of Windows the world has ever seen.

    Really? If each new release of Windows is marketed as the highest-quality, most secure, most reliable and most usable version of Windows then why has each new release of Windows had more security patches released than the previous version?

    Just look at the amount of holes that have been plugged since XP SP2 was released. The heck with waiting for Vista SP1, I'm telling my clients to steer clear of Vista all together until Microsoft stops releasing patches to new vulnerabilities found in XP.

  12. Remember kids... by Yuioup · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... every time you install Vista a penguin loses its wings.

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  13. The tagging by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, the tagging is rapidly dissolving into childish rubbish (even by Slashdot's standards). I'm fed up of seeing every story getting tagged with "itsatrap". Can it be removed or can the lameness filter be extended to the tags?

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  14. Interesting counter point by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The other day, MS was trying to convince business to install both Vista and Office 2007 at the same time saying it would be easier on companies. If you read this article, MS basically provides a counter point why companies should not:

    Allchin said that, with Vista code done, businesses will "now start hard-core deployment testing" and make sure their applications work with the operating system. . . .
    "Businesses need to do their testing. They need to be very comfortable," he said.

    Given MS long history of releases and patches and patches to fix patches, only fools would not take on two simultaneous large scale MS deployments at once.

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  15. I predict.... by Trelane · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Stunning profits as soon as it's pre-installed on millions of PCs worldwide.

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  16. Disappointed by HikingStick · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw the news piece in a headline on CNN.com. It read "Vista is done." I was sorely disappointed when I read that "done" meant finished rather than "done for," "kaput," or "ain't gonna happen."

    Well, it was a pleasant dream while it lasted...

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  17. wow! by minus_273 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    2003 is already here! This is going to rock!. Funny how conan is still singing about the year 2000. Silly conan.

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  18. I'm waiting for the final. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or, in MS terms, "Service Pack 2".

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  19. Where's a good history by jbengt · · Score: 3, Informative

    "CNN has a good roundup of Vista's long development history" links to CNET, and doesn't have a history of what became Vista.

  20. When Googling For More News On This.... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...please make sure you get your spelling correct.

    "Widows Fister" brings up completely different stuff...

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  21. new activation technology by eljasbo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It seems that Microsoft is wanting to stop people buying a volume license key and installing it on unlimited computers. They have new Volume Activation 2.0 now that gives you a central activation server or a multiple activation key now. My new volume license key is now available at their page also. I just need the iso now...

  22. Appropriate by bsc_zap! · · Score: 5, Funny

    "All that compiles is not gold."

  23. Klingon software? by mcd7756 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I thought these two items appropriate: Klingon Programmer Honour Code

    • Klingons do not "release" software. Klingon software escapes, leaving a bloody trail of design engineers and quality assurance people in its path.
    • Our users shall know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
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  24. Nested comments by nickos · · Score: 2, Informative

    What the hell just happened to the "Reply to this" links - they were here a minute ago. Slashdot's best asset is the quality of the discussions, and that's only possible because of nested comments!