On 2007-03-03, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> claimed:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 15:00 \__
>>
>>> One parting comment is that this reminds me of the Windows vs VisiOn
>>> issue. This analogy isn't perfect, but the situation was we ("we" is to
>>> ne taken lightly - I sure wasn't here) preannounced Windows, signed up
>>> the major OEMs ans showed a demo to freeze the market and prevent VisiOn
>>> from getting any momentum. It sure worked - VisiOn died, VisiOn died and
>>> Dos kept on chugging.
>>>
>>> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_0052.pdf
>>
>> So was Vista preannounced as well? Was the 'terrible delay' just a part of an
>> act? 2003... then 2004... then 2005... some time in 2006... make that XMas
>> 2006... oh, well, it's January 2007... and it's still as buggy as Hell (or
>> Dell). If they hadn't 'frozen the market' as he calls it, how many people
>> would have switched back in 2001/2? Are customers being fooled as part of
>> these 'business decisions'?
>
> Hey, Microsoft deserves some kudos for being able to keep vaporware
> afloat for over 4 years!
They've done that before, I think. For a longer time even.
Wasn't WinFS announced way back about 10 years or so ago? Maybe another
name or something, but the same concept. And they *still* have some
Wintards convinced it's going to be an addon for eX-Pee and Fisted.
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What kind of dumb menu system is that? Oh, so /that's/ Windows.
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