vista forever?
NY Times broke the story; Microsoft is pushing their release of Windows Vista a couple of weeks further along, however, this is a technique the company has done before.
Vista was originally slated for release in 2004 as “Blackcomb” but later rebranded as Longhorn after being unveiled in the summer of 2005. Blackcomb has since become the successor to Vista and codenamed “Vienna”; Set for release in 2010, it is doubtfull to expect this release by then judging the current copland-esque track-record, the 500-billion cap be damned.
This protraction of development of the Vista product puts the light on the management and their handling of the Product. Other companies, most notably Apple and the now long dead company Be Inc released early seeds to the public and worked their way up from the well and into smooth products — albeit Apple still has issues like the usability of the finder and the multiple faces of their user interface.
Sadly this delay makes the product hit the market after the holiday sales market, which is one of the key events of the year for any company.
I’ve seen multiple posts by employee blogs confirming the new launch date but I’m still doubting it, seeing is believing as my dear grandmother used to say.
edit:
aha, they posted beta2 of vista for download on the web, and of course som fan-boys put up a torrent that got shut down by the Microsoft gorillas^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers.
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