Microsoft credits Project for "Tech's all-time flop" Award
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| Recently the InfoWorld published their list of "Tech's all-time top 25
| flops". When the bodies were counted, the worst software flop of all time
| went to Vista.
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http://www.vcsonline.com/GoodStuff/BlogProjectManagementSoftwarePMS/tabid/61/EntryID/20/Default.aspx
Vista is actually the #1 disaster, for real (see below).
Related:
10 Worst Tech Products of 2007
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| Windows Vista: Where to begin? Vista arrived in stores months late, forced
| untold thousands of users to upgrade their hardware, made mincemeat of
| software and drivers that worked perfectly well in XP, ended up lacking many
| of the bold-faced features we'd been promised, and came saddled with new and
| annoying set of video DRM schemes. At least Vista now boasts an option for
| downgrading back to XP.
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http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/9908
The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007
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| #1. No Wow, No How: Windows Vista
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| Five years in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do?
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140583-page,5-c,techindustrytrends/article.html
Vista makes the list as one of the top-10 worst consumer tech products of all
time
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| Pretty bad. But top ten of all time? That's mighty impressive.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9823042-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Holy Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?
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| We asked a simple question: what Microsoft product could have used a little
| more polish before release? The answer astounded us. We would just like to
| thank Bill Gates for his honesty and his openness.
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http://gizmodo.com/342920/holy-crap-did-bill-gates-just-say-windows-sucks
It's Time for a Vista Do-Over
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| I deliver my radical plan for a new Windows OS to one rather surprised
| Microsoftie.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2254104,00.asp
Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
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| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
Longhorn Server Comes When?
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| But there are increasing signs Microsoft won't make its date.
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| Windows Vista is good example of how the process works. Microsoft
| makes subtle announcements that point to eventual delay.Then the
| bomb drops. In November 2005, Microsoft canceled its scheduled
| Vista CTP (Community Technology Preview) and stopped talking
| about Beta 2 as, well, Beta 2. Microsoft's excuse: The Vista
| development team had received so much feedback, Microsoft had
| to throttle back test builds. Huh? Four months later, Microsoft
| said that Vista would miss holiday 2006.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/server/longhorn_server_comes_when.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft’s next flop?
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| If you buy-off on the theory that the world seems to be heading in the
| opposite direction that Microsoft wants to lead it, then you can’t help but
| wonder what the long term prospects for an offering like Windows Home Server
| are. Not good, if you ask me.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=791
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