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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: RaZoR1394 on 17 July 2006, 18:05

Title: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: RaZoR1394 on 17 July 2006, 18:05: Quote
[0]WebHostingGuy writes "Bill Gates said Tuesday there was an 80 percent
chance the company's next-generation operating system, [1]Vista, would be
ready in January. He is also hopeful that the next version of Office will
ship in December. The holdup, he says, is due to constant revisions due
to beta tester feedback." From the article: "'We've got to get this
absolutely right,' Gates said. 'If the feedback from the beta tests shows
it is not ready for prime time, I'd be glad to delay it.' He said
Microsoft was investing $8 billion to $9 billion in developing Vista and
the company's next version of Office, its key cash-generator. He said the
company's software partners, in developing and adapting their own
products for the two launches, would invest 20 times as much as
Microsoft."

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/11/1552235

8 to 9 billion dollars? My god!
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: noob on 17 July 2006, 20:21: And it will still be shite.
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: davidnix71 on 18 July 2006, 02:43: January 2008, right? :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: WMD on 18 July 2006, 06:09: I thought it meant 2009 actually... :p
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: RaZoR1394 on 18 July 2006, 10:57: Seems like you have to upgrade to it if you want DirectX 10 functionality. Microsoft always has a way...
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: Orethrius on 18 July 2006, 12:13: You'll excuse me if I'm more concerned about these:
McAfee Blames Open Source for Botnets (http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/07/17/1639251.shtml)
Music Industry Looking for Lyrics Payoff (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/07/17/036244.shtml)
Virus Jumps to RFID (http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/07/17/1342215.shtml)
or even Former MS Employees Explore OSS (http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/07/17/0622244.shtml).

Not to downplay the significance of yet ANOTHER Vista delay, but there are far more interesting topics circulating Slashdot that could do with our posted attentions. ;)
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 18 July 2006, 19:04: Quote from: Orethrius
You'll excuse me if I'm more concerned about these:
McAfee Blames Open Source for Botnets (http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/07/17/1639251.shtml)
Music Industry Looking for Lyrics Payoff (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/07/17/036244.shtml)
Virus Jumps to RFID (http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/07/17/1342215.shtml)
or even Former MS Employees Explore OSS (http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/07/17/0622244.shtml).

Not to downplay the significance of yet ANOTHER Vista delay, but there are far more interesting topics circulating Slashdot that could do with our posted attentions. ;)

I agree ... those are very interesting articles ... much better than dirt on Vi$ta. That lyrics article is ridiculous ... unauthorized lyrics ? wtf !?!
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: worker201 on 18 July 2006, 23:04: "I wanna see some history,
cuz now I got a reasonable economy.
now I got a reason,
now I got a reason,
now I got a reason, and I'm still waiting...
now I got no reason,
now I got no reason to be waiting...
the Berlin Wall"

Oh my god, I just broke the law and caused Warner Brothers to lose billions of dollars annually! I'm such a sinner!
Fuck record companies. No way should anyone be that greedy.
Title: Re: Microsoft Hoping for Vista in January
Post by: pofnlice on 23 July 2006, 12:23: sex pistols rock...dude!

what....release date again? let them eat cake.