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Re: [News] Microsoft's Empty Promises: Dirty Tactic

__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Monday 26 June 2006 17:16 \__

> A bit repetitive, I know...
> 
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> | WinFS has long been regarded by Microsoft-haters as vaporware.  They said
> | it would never see the light of day. It was just another empty promise to
> | keep users looking forward at future Windows releases and away from
> | alternative platforms like Linux or OS X.
> |
> | [...]
> | 
> | After all the expectations I had for the Vista wave of technologies and
> | the user experience it would bring I feel I?ve been let down by
> | Microsoft. I don't say this as a typical anti-Microsoft zealot but as a
> | true fan of
> | Microsoft products.  If Microsoft would have told me in 2003 that they
> | were planning to deliver the product as a cut-down user experience and a
> | bunch of SQL Server 200x add-ons then I would have explored other
> | platforms sooner.
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> 
>
http://www.osreview.com/2006/06/25/the-sad-tale-of-winfs-and-the-vista-user-experience/

More on the same topic (cumulative):

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| The disappearance of WinFS from Microsoft's next-generation Windows
| Vista operating system came as "no surprise" on Monday to industry
| analysts such as Directions on Microsoft's Michael Cherry.
| 
| "The only thing that was a surprise was that even though they promoted
| it as much as they did, it never got any traction," said Cherry. "It 
| just seemed dead from the start."
| 
| [...]
| 
| Any long-term development project suffers cuts, and Vista's no
| exception. "The long development cycle had something to do with it,
| certainly. And I don't think it's any different than earlier Windows,
| other than we have heard about more because of the early promotion and
| long cycle."
| 
| What follows is a list of the most prominent feature departures from
| Windows Vista, once called "Longhorn"...
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