__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Monday 16 October 2006 15:45 \__
>
> "Oliver Wong" <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:qkOXg.21049$H7.12785@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1690048.0y8QVI9tlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Microsoft puts the post-Vista wheels in motion
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Windows Vista is not fully baked, but that doesn't mean senior
>>> management
>>> | isn't already thinking about "Vista+1" as they like to call the next
>>> | Windows client release...
>>> `----
>>
>> Wait, I don't get it... Is this XP SP4, Vista SP1, or Vista+1? Can you
>> clarify this, Roy? Your headlines are confusing me. I can't tell which
>> names are your invention, and which are the proper names that Microsoft
>> decided on.
>>
>>>
>>> This name may be an implication that Vista is not satisfactory [1], as
>>> judged
>>> by Microsoft's own eyes.
>>
>> That's not what it implies to me. Software development houses tend to
>> think a few versions ahead. Eclipse 3.3 was being planned while 3.2 was
>> still in release candidate stage. Sun is accepting proposals for feature
>> requests in Java 1.7, although 1.6 has not yet been released. Sony is
>> already working on the PS4, and the PS3 isn't out yet.
>
> Further evidence, and perhaps an indication of double standard, Firefox
> 2 isn't out yet, but Mozilla is already planning Firefox 3. Does this imply
> that Firefox is not satisfactory, as judged by Mozilla's own eyes?
>
> http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/dbdefeccb60026f2
SP is not a subsequent revision (version). It's a fix/mod. Mozilla isn't yet
working on 2.0.1 ARAICT.
Best wishes,
Roy
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