SEATTLE (Reuters) - MS said it plans to delay the consumer launch of its
Windows Vista until January 2007.
And that, gents, reminds me of the ol' song by singer Lefty Frizell -
"Always Late..."
Mark said:SEATTLE (Reuters) - MS said it plans to delay the consumer launch of
its Windows Vista until January 2007.
And that, gents, reminds me of the ol' song by singer Lefty Frizell -
"Always Late..."
With Microsoft it appears that "always a bridesmaid but
never a bride" holds true. While GNU/Linux streams along
with new versions every 6 months with more and more
powerful options and innovations, Windoze clunks along with
years and years before its next big marketing push.
it is safe to conclude that anyone still running Windoze is
running the old technology of computers. A technology that
is still using old, insecure and unstable models. To think
that people actually pay for this is the amazing thing.
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All said:Today kurttrail commented courteously on the subject at hand
I hate Bill the Gates with a passion, but a few years ago, I
bought a block of M$ stock think if that's how he gets wealthy,
I'll do the same. 'Cept, M$ tanked right after than as part of
the dot.com blowout. And, it hasn't recovered yet. My only
consolation is that Bill is only worth about half or less what
he was, same as me. I guess that's fair, how many billions can
you really spend?
As to Vista, being that this is supposed to generate revenue and
market share, translating into bigger profits, a delay can only
mean the wonks in the basements of Redmond can't get it to work.
Too bad.
NoStop said:With Microsoft it appears that "always a bridesmaid but never a bride" holds
true. While GNU/Linux streams along with new versions every 6 months with
more and more powerful options and innovations, Windoze clunks along with
years and years before its next big marketing push.
Seriously, MS under the present regime, isn't
consumer-friendly, or working in the LONG-TERM interests of
its shareholders.
All said:Today kurttrail commented courteously on the subject at hand
Yes, that is correct. Which is why the market is treating M$
so badly. But, wouldn't you think that 100 billionaire Bill
the Gates, whether he gives a shit for his stockholders or
not, would try to fix the company for altruistic reasons -
like getting back to a 150-250 billionaire?
Most companies, particularly American companies, seem to have
lost their way between short-term, mid-term, and long-term
financial health through improved quality and improved "exceed
the customer's expectations" for innovation and features.
Instead, they attempt to cut back and lay off to get
profitable. It doesn't work.
So, M$ isn't likely to get back to its halcyon days until the
perception by its customers gets back to "gee whiz, this is
neat stuff produced by a neat company, I'll buy more" instead
of using predatory marketing techniques to force competitors
out-of-business.
Bill the Gates is just now getting around to the idea that
anti-malware is a big industry but as usual, he is using 100
mega ton nuclear missles to swat flies and his software will
be forever in beta. He also thinks that M$ knows something
about graphics but has begun to sell photo editing apps to the
digital camera newbies with no real clue as to what the
graphics editor industry is all about, nor is M$ able to
predict where the digital camera market is going.
Which goes to my previous statement that M$ has /never/
written and sold anything truly innovative. And, the silly
shit in Windoze that has been there since 1.0 to 2.0 to 3.0 to
95 to 98 to 2000 to ME to NT to XP is still there. If you want
to control your system, you can't get there through Windoze
GUI, you need utility software, hiddle DOS-style utilities,
Registry hacks, Powertools, and 3rd party utilities. How can a
guy as brilliant as Bill the Gates not understand these simple
facts. Karen's Korner, an excellent site, wouldn't even need
to exist if M$ did its job correctly the first time.
M$ had one more chance when it completely rewrote XP for SP2
but fixed nothing. So, I have little faith in Vista being
ground-breaking software nor Longhorn. And, I have little
faith that either will come within years of their release
target.
Which brings us back full-circle to M$'s lack of stockholder
value awareness: if you can't get your new product(s) out on-
time and spend countless millions and consume thousands of
humans in a vain attempt at beating a new product into
submission, you're unlikely to be able to being it to market
with costs low enough to generate high profits. Good thing the
market really isn't competitive, huh?
Have a good one!
Travis said:I believe having ads in Vista is just a rumor. I've heard there will not be
any ads. If there really is, I'll loose my mind. You can't go ANYWHERE
without seeing ads these days, so I don't want to see them just to use
Windows. Let's face it folks, you see ads on every web page, e-mail, TV
(even within the shows themselves when the actors are drinking their Pepsi's
or Coke's or the like), radio, billboards, phone calls, mail, magazines,
etc. It's a very advertised society, and personally, I dislike it. I'm
sick of ads. I ALWAYS try to ignore ads because they're annoying. I do
agree if there actually were ads in Windows, it would just open more
security wounds. If they ever thought of putting ads in Vista, they had
better be disabled by default. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm
pretty sure it's just a rumor and not reality.
I believe having ads in Vista is just a rumor. I've heard there will not be
any ads. If there really is, I'll loose my mind. You can't go ANYWHERE
without seeing ads these days, so I don't want to see them just to use
Windows. Let's face it folks, you see ads on every web page, e-mail, TV
(even within the shows themselves when the actors are drinking their Pepsi's
or Coke's or the like), radio, billboards, phone calls, mail, magazines,
etc. It's a very advertised society, and personally, I dislike it. I'm
sick of ads. I ALWAYS try to ignore ads because they're annoying. I do
agree if there actually were ads in Windows, it would just open more
security wounds. If they ever thought of putting ads in Vista, they had
better be disabled by default. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm
pretty sure it's just a rumor and not reality.