jypagan Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp.'s long- awaited release of the upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system will likely be delayed again by at least three months, research group Gartner Inc. said Tuesday. The research note, released to clients Monday, said the new Windows Vista operating system is too complex to be able to meet Microsoft's targeted November release for volume license customers and January launch for retail consumers. The Story here http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/05/02/microsoft.vista.reut/index.html Also in our news sections http://www.testmy.net/articles/article-597 added testmy.net article link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 yeah.. saw that two days ago.. now Q2 of 2007.. what fun.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 thats just great, keep up the good work microsoft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 i think that is indeed very good news. xp is good enough for now, microsoft just wants to roll out the next generation and is apparently taking the time and doing it right. while pushing a release back may seem like a bad thing (certainly so publicity-wise) it shows that they don't want to launch an unfinished product. (i'm sure they could launch it right now, and it would work, but it would get the first service pack soon and that would change a lot of things.) besides that they have to make sure that any changes they make to the os don't affect all their apps. i can see why it is difficult to get all that under one hat. the time taken lets one hope that it will be a cleaner cut from previous os generations than the ones preceding it. this step of course makes backwards compatibility more difficult. and unlike sony's ps3 there is no competition on the market for vista so they can take all the time they need to release their new flagship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 *stands up... adjusts tie... clears throat* FUCK MICROSOFT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 shuggy, shuggy, shuggy. why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 No reason... MS is just so fun to take shots at. Mainly because they have built themselves up to ginormous status and they will fall hard one day. Like AT&T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 No reason... MS is just so fun to take shots at. Mainly because they have built themselves up to ginormous status and they will fall hard one day. Like AT&T. Microsoft ~ crash test dummy. i see a correlation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammolo Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 I really dont care about that issue, my XP works fine and not matters if Vista arrives tomorrow, what will be the hurry, after all i will be running the same applications, not reaali in need of a new XP, by the way i have a power Mac i hardly use with Tiger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted May 5, 2006 CID Share Posted May 5, 2006 i could careless about vista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted May 5, 2006 CID Share Posted May 5, 2006 Having to wait so long for Vista has led me to explore other options right now I'm using Suse and liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted May 5, 2006 CID Share Posted May 5, 2006 Having to wait so long for Vista has led me to explore other options right now I'm using Suse and liking it. That is good to hear! that is what MS was afraid of with pushing off the original release date.. Personally I am not expecting Vista to be all that great.. Consumers are getting 1/3 of what was originally promised and about 2 years late.. Good Job Microsoft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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