____/ Linonut on Wednesday 18 July 2007 15:58 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Microsoft product groups back off February 'big bang'
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft's product groups are quietly distancing themselves from next
>> | February's big-bang major launch event, unveiled by COO Kevin Turner last
>> | week.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/07/17/microsoft_february_launch/
>>
>> Home Server has just been RTMed.
>
> Turner unveiled Feb. 27, 2008, as the trio's "big-dog" launch at
> Microsoft's annual conference for partners from around the world,
> hosted in Denver, Colorado. Microsoft's chief operating officer,
> along with other Redmond execs, used the show to state the value of
> partnering with Microsoft and of using Windows in the face of a
> growing plethora of alternative online and offline platform choices
> spanning Linux, open source, Salesforce.com, IBM, Oracle and Google.
>
> It seems February will be used to reinforce this, with a blitz -
> owing more to marketing than actual product availability - intended
> to create some sense of shock and awe.®
He freezes the market, you see? Vapourware.
Vista (Lonhorn) will ship in 2003. We promise...
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~~ Best of wishes
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