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Ballmer Calls Vista 'A Work In Progress'
shanen tips us to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer story about comments from Steve Ballmer at a conference earlier this week during which he referred to Vista as "a work in progress." He also admitted that the 5-year release cycle wasn't a good idea. Despite the approaching deadline for the end of XP sales, Ballmer's remarks about the older operating system were more ambiguous: "Vista is bigger than XP. It's going to stay bigger than XP. We have to make sure it doesn't get bigger still, and that the performance and that the battery life and that the compatibility, we're driving on the things that we need to drive hard to improve. I know we're going to continue to get feedback from people on how long XP should be available. We've got some opinions on that, we've expressed our views. ... I'm always interested in hearing from you on these and other issues."
...beta software I've ever heard of.
This means Vista is still in development development development development?
If builders built buildings the way Microsoft writes code... well, we'd have the US embassy in Iraq.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
People should get it for free since they're clearly helping them ready vista for completion.
Mind you even for free I wouldn't taint my system with that crap. Ballmer is a tit.
Like turd only halfway out is a work in progress.
Marketing translation: "Like any other release, there are occasional issues, but we're working to resolve those issues."
Real-world translation: "It's buggy bloatware, but it's our buggy bloatware, and if I catch you even thinking about another operating system I'll start throwing furniture again."
Hope that helps.
If you haven't been down-modded lately, you aren't trying.
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
There's a difference between "Work in progress" and "Oh bugger, that's broken."
Anybody want my mod points?
Oh, in software developer, it's "Oh, shit--Marketing says release it now. We're toast!"
If you haven't been down-modded lately, you aren't trying.
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
That might make a funny commercial. If only someone would make it.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Maybe Ballmer can re-invent himself as a caber tosser after his company collapses. I understand he's good at throwing heavy things, and he's definitely a tosser...
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
it's one of those ???-Profit! cases.
I don't know if I'd call Ballmer a fanboy. He is the CEO after all, and he would certainly know how bad Vista is. If anyone has the right to bash MS, it's him.
I don't think you can complain when he takes an opportunity that's handed to him on a platter.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Please sir, may I have some more.
If you, kinda like, wouldn't mind, just putting a *little* more work into the product I purchased, I would ever so much appreciate it --not that I'm not grateful for the opportunity to use it, I mean, just if you don't mind a little work on the whole "make it work" thing. Thanks ever so much good sir!
Maybe Ballmer can re-invent himself as a caber tosser
;)
He's already half way there, all he needs is the caber
Impressive isn't it.
Vista is bigger than XP. It's going to stay bigger than XP. We have to make sure it doesn't get bigger still, and that the performance and that the battery life and that the compatibility, we're driving on the things that we need to drive hard to improve. I know we're going to continue to get feedback from people on how long XP should be available. We've got some opinions on that, we've expressed our views. ... I'm always interested in hearing from you on these and other issues.
Wow, this is interesting. Some emails coming into my inbox also use very similar words to describe a vista that something of mine will become bigger and longer than I experienced... and they dont need feedback!!!
... and even Microsoft showing some willingness to work with FOSS (though, take that with a grain of salt you'd need to set up an entire salt importing business to be able to take that.Read radical news here
The Roman Empire, The Dreamcast and Soviet Communism.
today is spelling optional day.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
They're a hardware seller, and all their sales desktops run Vista.
Because all they use is a browser to a web back end (which clients also use) which Netcraft reports as running Windows 2003. Nothing else at all.
In those conditions (i.e. avoiding any OS functions), Vista appears to work.
Now here's an evil idea: if we all started to run Linux web servers reporting as Windows, MS could no longer claim the figures because they would be seriously polluted. Maybe switch Web ID every month or so, that way the figure bounces like a maniac..
Just musing, of course. I would never do this. No, I'm just starting an editor, nothing special, tadum tadum tum tum..
Insert
Work in Progress - Vista Edition
To: Alan Jackson - Work in Progress
Okay, look, I'm a pile of trash
But I give the boys at Slashdot something to bash.
My older sibling was good; He was born in 2003
Alright I admit, my development was cursory
And I can easily understand why you all curse me.
I'm such a big thing; you might as well use XP
You get tired and disgusted with me
When I can't be just what you want me to be.
I know I'm not held in high regard
I leave all my users bumbling and scarred
I even asked the coders to try and help me
But they quickly responded, "Just use Linux, it's free."
Just by patient, I'm a work in progress.
I'm sorry you get mad, 'cause I'm slow as f*ck
I think that my code has run all amok
You didn't need to get work done, you have all night.
I really hope that there are no hard feelings between us
I just wiped out your files, there's no need to cuss
But I'm starting to see now, what you been saying is right.
You get tired and disgusted with me
When I can't be just what you want me to be.
I know I'm not held in high regard
I leave all my users bumbling and scarred
I even asked the coders to try and help me
But they quickly responded, "Just use Linux, it's free."
Just by patient, I'm a work in progress.
I know they meant well with my security
But there's something damn annoying about UAC
I'm getting in touch with, my old Unix roots.
I should probably do the health thing that you want me to do
Slim down around the center; lose a "feature" or two
Now you're probably right, sir
But it's all good, so what should I exclude?
You get tired and disgusted with me
When I can't be just what you want me to be.
I know I'm not held in high regard
I leave all my users bumbling and scarred
I even asked the coders to try and help me
But they quickly responded, "Just use Linux, it's free."
Just by patient, I'm a work in progress.
Oh Steve B, just be patient now,
I'm a work in progress.
Oh, I need a major tune up.
Maybe Windows 7 will do it.
There. Fixed that for ya. I sure couldn't do that to a MS product.
Do You Experiment?
Microsoft had credibility?
I heard he sent an email saying;
"Release Vista in 120 days?" [Cancel] [Allow]
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
I've got a laptop, that has 1gb of RAM (shared with it's POS graphics card) and it runs Aero /fine/. (FYI: Proper Aero with Flip3D, not the Vista basic version). You're just spouting bull or using some weird PC.
I can run OBLIVION with reasonable performance on my Vista PC with 1gb of RAM so, really I don't see what the heck you are on about.