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Once burned
twice shy. MS isn't going to risk the kind of PR flak that they caught over the slipped schedules, withdrawn features, etc. the last time around.

My notoriously unreliable crystal ball predicts that the first anyone sees of their next platform will be when it goes beta.
Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding   Posted on: 05/19/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Once burned  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/19/08
It's just a Vista diversion tactic  fr0thy2 | 05/19/08
Maybe you should read the article before posting your troll.  rtk | 05/19/08
'xactly  jscarey | 05/19/08
Hmm  X41 | 05/20/08
Sooner, but I agree - not as soon as Vista.  BillDem | 05/19/08
Transition to OSX  rjohn05 | 05/19/08
Nonsense  Jeremy W | 05/19/08
Proof of ignorance  xuniL_z | 05/20/08
Unbelievable  Axsimulate | 05/20/08
Vista not doing well.  rtk | 05/20/08
don't see a problem with validity  merc2dogs` | 05/21/08
doing great  pokendeye@... | 05/21/08
Vista not doing well.  Axsimulate | 05/22/08
Vista doing very well.  rtk | 05/22/08
@rtk  Axsimulate | 05/23/08
@ Axsimulate  rtk | 05/23/08
Unbelievable??  xuniL_z | 05/21/08
Who cares what you care?  TtfnJohn | 05/21/08
Apparently, you do.  xuniL_z | 05/21/08
Unbelievable dummy  dougbeer | 03/02/09
Unbelievable  pokendeye@... | 05/21/08
Isn't that something.  xuniL_z | 05/21/08
Proof of what?  atari8bit@... | 05/23/08
so you are saying that Microsoft  xuniL_z | 05/27/08
RE: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues  bearlyworking | 05/19/08
No it's entrenched  fr0thy2 | 05/19/08
Good idea, however  Kaiwai | 05/19/08
Indeed. an interesting idea but...  Dave32265 | 05/20/08
WHY?  de-void | 05/23/08
I wonder if Steve Ballmer will ware a black turtle at the Keynote. [nt]  olePigeon | 05/19/08
Oops, I meant turtle neck. [nt]  olePigeon | 05/19/08
Better the first way  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/19/08
Yo, all the Bros resent that remark.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/08
Speciesist?  jscarey | 05/19/08
Question  X41 | 05/20/08
You bet your sweet ass I am  CarlS | 05/20/08
Oops, I meant turtle neck.  aussieblnd@... | 05/20/08
Open Architecture != Open Source  Harry Bardal | 05/19/08
You know Harry  xuniL_z | 05/20/08
Offense  Harry Bardal | 05/20/08
Now Harry.  xuniL_z | 05/21/08
RE: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues  ZDNET_guest666 | 05/19/08
4-5 years  DonRupertBitByte | 05/19/08
RE: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues  Loverock Davidson | 05/19/08
Released on schedule with all drivers working nicely  fr0thy2 | 05/19/08
MS is NOT in the driver business, thats on the hardware folks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/08
FOSS people write drivers, why can't MS?  fr0thy2 | 05/20/08
FOSS works for Free, MS doesn't  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/08
MS does write drivers  wolf_z | 05/20/08
Wait for PDC  johngalt_0705 | 05/19/08
So, like a "Vista stable", but called W7. Reminds me of Win98.  fr0thy2 | 05/19/08
What we want to know about Windows 7 now.  BillDem | 05/19/08
Please...  wolf_z | 05/20/08
Be sure, far not all are in the dark  Raiker | 05/19/08
Simply not true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/08
Message has been deleted.  fr0thy2 | 05/20/08
I persoanlly believe there is MUCH discontent inside  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/08
good point  bearlyworking | 05/19/08
That would be a sensible way to go  fr0thy2 | 05/20/08
Not as easy as that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/08
DOS is not the problem  X41 | 05/20/08
This is true  Dave32265 | 05/20/08
I agree  TtfnJohn | 05/21/08
Windows 7: The execution lockdown continues  Chad_z | 05/19/08
I hope they ar at least talking to hardware people  Randalllind | 05/19/08
nVidia is actually keeping up to date  CobraA1 | 05/19/08
If by "close to shipping or right after"  rtk | 05/20/08
Silence is a mistake in general  johnfenjackson@... | 05/20/08
RE: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues - Case Closed  Wittsend | 05/20/08
RE: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues  bogey9000 | 05/20/08
This story is not worth much  Speednet | 05/20/08
RE: Windows 7 Hypothesis  Edesw88 | 05/20/08
The "right" lesson from Vista  c#r@... | 05/20/08
RE: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues  Techref6060 | 05/20/08
Message has been deleted.  Hotdoge3 | 05/20/08
If you really dislike Vista....  mikifinaz1@... | 05/20/08
As a developer I would like to know if Microsoft  ZwFlushKey | 05/20/08
why the lockdown  Eduardo_z | 05/20/08
What vultures - Give MS some room!  jpr75_z | 05/23/08
RE: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues  Joe Dufflebag | 05/25/08

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