Experience overcomes Microsoft's broken promises
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| The major issue here is that whilst Microsoft conveniently forgets the past,
| most of us can still remember SQL Server 2003, er...2004, oh, actually, that
| was eventually 2005. So Microsoft is turning into a serial offender when it
| comes to slippage.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/01/29/project_watch_two/
Windows 7 won't be released in 2009 after all
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| We'll guess that Windows 7 won't be generally available in final form until
| about 2012 or thereabouts, maybe 2013.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/28/windows-won-released-2009
Days ago:
Microsoft : Windows 7 still in planning stage and will take approximately 3
years to develop.
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| January 26th, 2008. Looks like Microsoft is NOT planning to release Windows 7
| in 2009. Microsoft's official response, by an email dated 26th January, 2008,
| to WinVistaClub states that Windows 7 is still in the planning stage and will
| take approximately 3 years to develop.
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http://www.winvistaclub.com/i7.html
Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to third quarter
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| But SQL Server 2008 — the other of the three products Microsoft is slated to
| launch together on February 27, 2008, in a big corporate event in Los Angeles
| — is running further behind.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1133
Related:
Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed until spring 2008
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| Microsoft is delaying delivery of the first Surface shipments until spring
| 2008, officials told News.com this week. It turns out customizing the
| hardware and software that powers a “Big Ass Table” is harder than it looked.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=926
Bumps on the road to Microsoft's Surface
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| Although Microsoft is still getting plenty of "oohs" and "aahs" when it demos
| its Surface computer, the company is finding the task of bringing the
| tabletop computer to market a little rougher than it anticipated.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6217673.html
Microsoft Delays Office for Mac Release
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| The software maker previously said the new suite, which is to include
| Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the Entourage e-mail program,
| would go on sale sometime in the second half of 2007.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070802/microsoft_mac_office_delayed.html?.v=2
Microsoft: No Rush to Vista SP1
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| Those enterprises holding off Windows Vista deployments for Service Pack 1
| maybe shouldn't wait on Microsoft.The question: Should they deploy Vista or
| XP?
|
| Until today, the silence around SP1 was downright frightening. Other than
| responding to a Google legal complaint, Microsoft has been mum about SP1's
| delivery. Microsoft still is not saying when, but it is now saying the update
| isn't that important.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/microsoft_no_rush_to_vista_sp1.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
It is Silly to Wait for Windows 7
,----[ Quote ]
| Do you really want to wait for Windows 7 instead of upgrading to Windows
| Vista? What if there were more problems in Windows 7? What if the date slips
| again. What if it takes two years for Windows 7 to stabilize after its
| release?
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http://www.windowsvistaweblog.com/2007/07/31/it-is-silly-to-wait-for-windows-7/
It's Official: An Unofficial Delay
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| Microsoft isn't characterizing the launch announcement as a ship delay, which
| is possible because of the "2008" nomenclature and the likelihood that the
| software will be released to manufacturing this year. My guess is that will
| happen around November, unless there are unforeseen development problems.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/server/its_official_an_unofficial_delay.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Windows Fiji: Now second half of 2008?
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| Because Microsoft won’t comment officially on “Fiji,” the expected,
| standalone update to Windows Media Center, it’s tough to confirm a date slip.
|
| But Chris Lanier, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in
| the digital media arena, is predicting that Fiji won’t debut in 2007,
| as Microsoft and other interested parties had been predicting.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=520
Older:
Vista, we hardly knew ye
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| Word has dribbled out of Redmond that Windows 7, the successor to Vista, is
| penciled in for release in the second half of next year, rather than sometime
| in 2010 as anticipated.
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http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2008/01/vista_we_hardly_knew_ye.html
,----[ Quote ]
| From nathanm Mon Oct 01 11:42:05 1990
| To: billg; bradsi;
| Subject: SPARC, MIPS & Compaq
| DateL Tue Oct 02, 22:57:14 1990
|
| [...]
|
| The purpose of announcing early like this is to freeze the market at the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| OEM and ISV level. In this respect it is JUST like the original Windows
| announcement ..
|
| One might worry that this will help Sun because we will just have
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| vaporware, that people will stop buying 486 machines, that we will have
| ^^^^^^^^^
| endorsed RISC but not delivered .. So, Scott, do you really think you
| can fight that avalanche?
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_0411_A.pdf
Imaginary Innovations
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| Microsoft, Intel and Motorola were especially vocal in promoting
| alliances with media brands that, a year later, have fizzled or
| haven't come to fruition at all.
|
| Last year, Microsoft pumped up the crowds about its URGE music
| service, which it created in conjunction with Viacom's MTV. But
| while MTV is just now beginning to promote the service, Microsoft
| seems to have moved on in favor of the Zune Marketplace and the
| potential of satellite TV on Media Center PCs and Xbox 360s.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/04/vaporware-ces-gadgets-tech-media-cx_rr_0105vaporware.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/y8fdkr
Vaporware '06: Return of the King
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| 8. The "IPod Killer"
|
| Every time we hear about a new portable audio device, it's touted
| as the magic bullet that will end the iPod's reign once and for
| all.
|
| Oh, you mean that thing? The one with the ugly design and clunky
| user interface? Does it at least work with iTunes?
|
| Microsoft's Zune was supposed to do the trick, but it's sitting
| on the shelves (even the SanDisk Sansa is selling better than Zune)w
| hile the kids are all enjoying their freshly unwrapped, shiny new
| iPods.
|
| Note to everyone: It's a White Wire World. Get over it.
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72350-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1
Microsoft Murders Max
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| Well, it's official at any rate. Contrary to what you've heard, Windows
| Vista will not be shipping with any of the original technologies,
| features, capabilities, or subsystems originally promised (and for
| those of you that really couldn't tell: it's called sarcasm!). First
| it was the real Aero - complete visual control over one's system.
| Amazing graphics, sidebars that were a part of the Windows Core,
| Aero Diamond. Then it was NGSCB and its amazing security features
| - not DRM, but total privacy control; your privacy. Monad. Last
| we heard, it was WinFS, the king-pin feature that was promised
| to change the way you think of data... And now the last one is
| gone: Microsoft Max is dead.
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http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/277
Microsoft exec "guarantees" graphical superiority for 360 titles
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| The idea of a "guarantee" of better-looking titles is substantially
| silly, however. Graphics quality is often subjective, and without a
| clear horsepower advantage of one system over the other, it will be
| difficult if not impossible to claim that titles on one system look better
| than those on another.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061003-7894.html
What Longhorn was supposed to be:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b9ifQvQCO7Y
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