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Forbes can see it

even if ZDNet can't. The emperor has no clothes:

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/03/22/vista-
microsoft-ballmer_cz_dl_0322microsoft.html

"The new version of Microsoft Windows, called Vista, has slipped
again. It was originally going to ship in 2003. Then 2005. Then
2006. Now in early 2007. I'm not surprised, having seen a demo
of Microsoft's new programs at an "event" for tech buyers in New
York last week.

...

Meanwhile, 500 tech buyers sat there in the dark, their eyes
glazing over from the sheer mind-numbing pointlessness of
most of this stuff. The audience laughed out loud when the
Microsoft guy showed off a kludgey system that lets you fetch
Outlook e-mail messages using voice commands from a cell
phone.

...

Worst of all, I can't believe Microsoft actually held this big
nonevent "event" only a few days before announcing another
screw-up in Vista. If Ballmer knew he was about to announce a
delay and still had this event, he's crazy. If he didn't know Vista
was about to slip again, then Microsoft is in worse shape than
anyone realizes.

..."

Well worth the read. The MS joke is being enjoyed by an even
wider audience:-)

Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 03/26/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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