Bill Gates - "Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP" ?

[Jdr]

Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting the
streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.

Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
(WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.

More...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/windows_vista_winhec/

 

[john]

Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.

Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
(WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.

More...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/windows_vista_winhec/

I wonder how many MS disciples will rant about this article being "biased"
like they do when anyone posts articles that point out problems with MS &
Vista

Bill Gates says so?
OK sure, then it just GOTTA be true huh?

-- btw, he also said this:
=======================================
- "Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft
hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone
calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to
be user mistakes. [...]
I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes.
The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
-- Bill Gates, on code stability, from Focus Magazine
=======================================

 

[Richard Urban]

IF, what Mr. Gates states is the truth, then the article, and posting of
said article, is not biased.

In a news group run/staffed/maintained by Microsoft enthusiasts/employees,
used to help with Microsoft problems and visited by people who are having
problems with a Microsoft product, discussing said article is not bias.

Bringing/posting the above to a Linux/Ubuntu/Apple help group would be such.

Too bad that you Mac and Linux users do not realize such.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.

Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
(WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.

More...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/windows_vista_winhec/

I wonder how many MS disciples will rant about this article being "biased"
like they do when anyone posts articles that point out problems with MS &
Vista

Bill Gates says so?
OK sure, then it just GOTTA be true huh?

-- btw, he also said this:
=======================================
- "Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft
hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone
calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to
be user mistakes. [...]
I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes.
The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
-- Bill Gates, on code stability, from Focus Magazine
=======================================

 

[Nina DiBoy]

Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.

Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
(WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.

More...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/windows_vista_winhec/

I wonder what tricks they used to inflate the numbers this time.

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Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"Very simple Nothing I like better than insulting Linsux losers, fanboys
and trolls like you."

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- T. S. Eliot

 

[Bill Yanaire]

There are millions of more PC's today than in 2001 when XP came out. This
is not news. Just marketing hype that Microsoft is getting out there. How
about something interesting like who will be the next American Idol?

 

[Frank]

Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.

Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
(WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.

More...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/windows_vista_winhec/

I wonder how many MS disciples will rant about this article being "biased"
like they do when anyone posts articles that point out problems with MS &
Vista

Bill Gates says so?
OK sure, then it just GOTTA be true huh?

-- btw, he also said this:
=======================================
- "Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft
hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone
calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to
be user mistakes. [...]
I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes.
The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
-- Bill Gates, on code stability, from Focus Magazine
=======================================

You are so 'john like', posting an article from that POS wannabe rag the
register.
Get real!
Frank

 

[Frank]

Nina DiBoy wrote:

I wonder what tricks they used to inflate the numbers this time.

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Being a publicly traded company (MSFT), I don't think MS would risk
doing such a stupid thing because touted numbers need to match financial
documents filed with the SEC.
Plus share holders could bring a lawsuit over inflated numbers.
Frank

 

[john]

IF, what Mr. Gates states is the truth, then the article, and posting of
said article, is not biased.

right. light another candle on your Bill Gates shrine.

you must also believe W when he says we're "winning the war on terrorism"
and that we must stay in Irag till "victory is achieved" - whatever that
is... he never says.

one man's "truth" is another man's spin...
believe what you will.

 

[john]

There are millions of more PC's today than in 2001 when XP came out. This
is not news. Just marketing hype that Microsoft is getting out there.
How about something interesting like who will be the next American Idol?

in here it is and has always been Bill Gates.
now let's bow our heads for a moment of silence.

--
=======================================
- "There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince
them that our way is the way to go."
-- Bill Gates on Microsoft marketing
=======================================

 

[john]

IF, what Mr. Gates states is the truth, then the article, and posting of
said article, is not biased.

Not too long ago, a couple of guys named Kenneth Lay & Jeffery Skilling
announced to their stockholders that everything at Enron was just fine...

 

[Terry]

On 5/16/2007 8:20 AM On a whim, Bill Yanaire pounded out on the keyboard

There are millions of more PC's today than in 2001 when XP came out. This
is not news. Just marketing hype that Microsoft is getting out there. How
about something interesting like who will be the next American Idol?

Talk about numbers just to grab attention. "American Idol had 45 million
votes!" Let's see, if everyone calls in about 50 times (some MANY more
than that), that's less than 1 million viewers... I think they should
only allow one vote per phone.

--
Terry

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[Rich]

Not too long ago some stated that linux was ....



Choose to believe what you will, just remember that it will not change
anything.

What is .. remains


Sorry


Rich

 

[Guest]

Obvious, Vista is sold better than XP, now more computer are sold than 2001,
PC are more cheapers and all of this computer are sold with vista (Home
basic), people have no opportunitty to choise the SO and only have to use the
rectricted, very more ugly and limited than XP so or format the PC and
install XP again to work better.

 

[Alias]

Obvious, Vista is sold better than XP, now more computer are sold than 2001,
PC are more cheapers and all of this computer are sold with vista (Home
basic), people have no opportunitty to choise the SO and only have to use the
rectricted, very more ugly and limited than XP so or format the PC and
install XP again to work better.

Microsoft doesn't count the people who wipe the drive of Vista and
reinstall XP but, if they did, the numbers would be much different.

Alias

 

[kronos]

They know excactly how many people are using vista. Cause everytime you
update or send an error report your comp is getting logged.

 

[Doris Day - MFB]

Microsoft doesn't count the people who wipe the drive of Vista and
reinstall XP but, if they did, the numbers would be much different.

Alias

You don't believe Microsoft knows how to count do you? How often has Windoze
produced a divide by zero error?

Love and Kisses,
Doris

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[Alias]

You don't believe Microsoft knows how to count do you? How often has Windoze
produced a divide by zero error?

Love and Kisses,
Doris

They should *count* their blessings that they are still in business.

Alias

 

[Alias]

They know excactly how many people are using vista. Cause everytime you
update or send an error report your comp is getting logged.

And *everybody* has error reports to send, yes?

That said, user A activates, gets genuine and sends in ten error
reports. User A gets frustrated and wipes the drive and installs Linux
or XP. MS still counts user A as a Vista user.

Alias

 

[Julian]

They know excactly how many people are using vista.

On line.