Vista Coming Sooner Than Expected?
Sarah Perez on November 28th, 2005
According to an article over at BusinessWeek online, there is reason to believe that Windows Vista may be available sooner than expected. Vista was originally slated to ship late 2006, but BusinessWeek has obtained a copy of an internal blog entry by Chris Jones, who is one of Microsoft’s top Windows executives. His blog entry states the new shipping target date is August 31st, 2006. This isn’t the date that Vista will be on stores’ shelves, rather the date that code must be complete and ready to ship to computer manufacturers so they can do their own testing.
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Shipping it is one thing. It being ready for public use is another thing. Microsoft is so well known for shipping unfinished products.
Should I wait for the first service pack?
Someone has to say it, so I will: “Microsoft shipping ahead of schedule? I think that’s one of the signs of the apocalypse. Has hell reached absolute zero already?”
Didn’t Mr. Jones actually bet his end of year bonus on the release date August 31st? Poor guy.
Ken
I’ll believe it when I see it. We all know about Microsoft’s track record when it comes to this stuff.
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Sarah in Tampa notes that Windows Vista may ship sooner than expected, and just in time for the new holographic discs.
I can’t see this happening, or if it does it will more than likely be a substandard product