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"Microsoft's track record is clear," the firm says. "It consistently misses target dates for major operating system releases. We don't expect broad availability of Windows Vista until at least 2Q07 (second quarter of 2007), which is nine to 12 months after Beta 2."

Have they started writing code already? I saw all the new icon sets (ripped out of some Linux desktop artwork) and window decorations which also look suspiciously like an other gnome/KDE theme.

So WHAT ELSE IS THERE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO "DO"? They have already announced that al the "new" and unimpressive fetures for auto-indexing, etc. are NOT going to be there anyway....

It is clear that they are simply biding for time, all the while the change their mind and go back and forth to patch XP or IE or mock up a "new" version, etc.

BTW, I have NECER received by any of th MS "experts" any COMPELING reason to JUSTIFY the hassle of throwing away XP and moving to Vista. I like the icons but, people who have spent 1000s of man-hours maintaining their xp should really feel like fools to start yet another cycle maintaining a "new" produc with the same-ol MS "quality" ....


``Microsoft, however, maintains that everything is on schedule, in line with its March announcement. ''

Ofcourse, it is on schedule to be postponed for YEARS in accordance with their usual schedules.... wink
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Asta la Vista Windoze!  Linux Geek | 05/02/06
Yawn. Another "WG", er "LG" shill..  John Zern | 05/02/06
ROFL!  Chad_z | 05/02/06
RE: No sense...  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
Neither "nonsense"...  Henrik Moller | 05/03/06
Y'know, America's Great...  b.d.hi | 05/03/06
Now I'm ROFL!  John Zern | 05/02/06
Guess they're starting to think that Vista will be worth the wait...  IronCladChicken | 05/04/06
Actually, a M$ fanboy  Boot_Agnostic | 05/04/06
You are GROUNDED off dad's PC!  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
hehehehe  Reverend MacFellow | 05/02/06
It is Linux Geek being kicked off the pc  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
If Micro$loth keeps delaying Vista,  Mr. Roboto | 05/02/06
Dream on  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/02/06
Who's going to finance such a killer move  Boot_Agnostic | 05/03/06
And then?  trm1945 | 05/03/06
Wow, I'm good  tic swayback | 05/02/06
You knew Gartner would take a guess?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/02/06
Close...  tic swayback | 05/02/06
And yet, they ae nothing but a guess.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/02/06
Haven't we waited long enough for Vista?  tic swayback | 05/02/06
If not now, when?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/02/06
Meanwhile in reality...  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
But back where the sky is blue  voska | 05/03/06
Long Delays for Insignificant Promiseware  michael_t | 05/02/06
You're not alone  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/02/06
RE: So now you are ???  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
Gartner predicts longer Vista delay  Loverock Davidson | 05/02/06
Funniest line of the day  tic swayback | 05/02/06
But its true  Loverock Davidson | 05/02/06
You miss the inherent contradiction  tic swayback | 05/02/06
Six impossible things  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/02/06
RE: Six  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
And?  Loverock Davidson | 05/02/06
Whoooosh  tic swayback | 05/02/06
Swish!  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
You keep dreamin' big guy!  tic swayback | 05/03/06
Dreams turn into reality  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Fool me once...  tic swayback | 05/03/06
They also said it was going to be released...  olePigeon | 05/03/06
Yes, they take time. But six YEARS?! [nt]  olePigeon | 05/03/06
Perhaps even funnier...  Tony Agudo | 05/02/06
Whats funniest  Loverock Davidson | 05/02/06
How did I "prove" that?  Tony Agudo | 05/02/06
Easily  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Right you are Tic Swayback  DangDaCommonCentz | 05/03/06
I can assure you  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Admitting the joke...  tic swayback | 05/03/06
Nah  tekspek1 | 05/03/06
More advice  tic swayback | 05/03/06
No, YOU Are Clueless  itanalyst | 05/03/06
No, YOU Are!  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Nice  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Loverock calling someone "Clueless" now that really a ..........  Can you hear me | 05/03/06
Your personal flames  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Hasta la Vista, baby  Richard Flude | 05/02/06
Lets see the MS is making Billions  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
Vista and money  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
Vista is irrlevant here  tic swayback | 05/02/06
Vista will make money  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
Again, Vista is irrelevant  tic swayback | 05/02/06
Not entirely right  voska | 05/03/06
Vista and money  DangDaCommonCentz | 05/03/06
Ya gotta love statistics.  frgough | 05/03/06
How much more wrong can you be?  itanalyst | 05/03/06
Truth!  Reverend MacFellow | 05/02/06
1% of the pc population  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
?  Reverend MacFellow | 05/02/06
I'm sure Mike Cox and rep will tell us the truth  WiredGuy | 05/03/06
What I find interesting...  ju1ce | 05/03/06
I know why its taking so long!  pefdude | 05/03/06

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