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Vista Not Compatible With SQL Server
kiran_n sent in an article by Fortune's Owen Thomas on Vista not being compatible with SQL Server. An excerpt:
"But now Microsoft has a problem. Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can't run the current version of SQL Server. The company is working on a SQL upgrade that is compatible with Vista — called SQL Server 2005 Express Service Pack 2 — but it's in beta and can be licensed only for testing purposes. Microsoft hasn't set a release date for the new SQL program."
I expected that response... just couldn't resist the irony of the comment.
I beg to differ... the OS has NOT been released - a beta has been. An unfinished version has been released to businesses, while MS is completing/fine-tuning/fixing numerous portions so that it is "Consumer Ready"... because apparently ripping off businesses with a product they know isnt ready doesnt bother MS. There is a reason why the consumer version isnt out yet - unfortunately MS doesnt think it an important enough reason to not sell to businesses - probably trying to get more $$ in from everyone's end-of-year budget surplusses before that $$ gets rolled to next year or re-allocated as part of next year. Some companies hold off major end of year spending until the next year to show higher profitability. Other companies that budget $$ per year need to spend that money to justify their budget (either to increase it or at least keep it static "Why should we allocate $100,000 towards IT next year when you only spent $80,000?") This allows MS to kill both birds with one stone... grab companies that have to justify their budget so it doesnt drop (or the money doesnt get rolled into next year's budget allowance) and also still be able to grab those companies that will resume major spending when the New Year arrives.
StarTrekPhase2 - The Five Year Mission Continues!
You're cute.
I love how some n00b rated this as a TROLL POST... when it is clearly not. Let's see, MS has publicly stated they have more testing to do, "User Experience" and security issues to fix/enhance/implement for the consumer release... all of which are aspects of an OS I think would be important for anything but a beta release. People are running into compatibility issues with various software packages, including MS' own stuff - BIG USER EXPERIENCE issue to me.
Now... someone explain to me how the (very relevant) truth is a troll?
I didnt write Windows Vista... I didnt announce my product wasnt yet ready for consumer release becuase of issues that I think are just as (if not more) pertinent to commercial customer... I'm not responsible for the fact that "User Experience" issues such as compatibility with my own software was fixed - even though previously announcing that such was a work in progress for the consumer release - but not the already released commercial drop.
Now, as to WHY they did this... I speculated why... maybe MS had other reasons, or their reasons were the same and I was right on the mark - instead of marking the post a troll, how about someone explain to me why a product that MS themselves dont deem yet suitable for consumers because of security, UI, testing and driver issues - is ready for the already happened commercial release?
Reality isnt based on how you modded the posts - or what YOU want to believe... reality just is - and in this case, even MS admitted it publicly.
StarTrekPhase2 - The Five Year Mission Continues!