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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. 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.

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

    the torrent of the .iso image?

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

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

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

    It compiles! Ship it!!

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  7. 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?

  8. 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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  9. Yes, but by wumpus188 · · Score: 5, Funny

    will Linus send them a cake?

  10. 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.

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

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

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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. Appropriate by bsc_zap! · · Score: 5, Funny

    "All that compiles is not gold."