Did Ballmer really say this? If so, can we get our money back?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an incomplete
product, even though the operating system has been on the market for more
than a year.

Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in Seattle
yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved OS was "a work
in progress". According to reports, he also promised that Microsoft would
learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.

No, Steve Ballmer did not say "Windows Vista is an incomplete product".
All operating systems are a "work in progress"....every single one!

The Wow is Now!
http://www.microsoft.com/india/vista...ull%20song.mp3

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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"Denis" wrote:

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an incomplete
product, even though the operating system has been on the market for more
than a year.

Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in Seattle
yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved OS was "a work
in progress". According to reports, he also promised that Microsoft would
learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.

Denis wrote:

> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an
> incomplete product, even though the operating system has been on the
> market for more than a year.
>
> Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in
> Seattle yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved OS
> was "a work in progress". According to reports, he also promised that
> Microsoft would learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...msftmvp18.html

And you can always sue MS for your money back, but would that be worth
the aggravation, especially since by the time the court rules, most
people will be using Windows 10?

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"kurttrail" <> wrote in message
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> Denis wrote:
>
>> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an
>> incomplete product, even though the operating system has been on the
>> market for more than a year.
>>
>> Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in
>> Seattle yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved OS
>> was "a work in progress". According to reports, he also promised that
>> Microsoft would learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...msftmvp18.html
>
> And you can always sue MS for your money back, but would that be worth
> the aggravation, especially since by the time the court rules, most
> people will be using Windows 10?
>
They would nail you for legal fees, and their legal team would ring up a lot
of hours on purpose to make sure they put you in the poor house when all was
said and done. All Microsoft operating systems have been "work in
progress". A currently stable version of Windows 2000 is SP4 and gets
updates from the web site every month. XP is SP2.

At this point in time, if you want stability, you can "downgrade" just
about any (maybe all) machines on the market to XP SP2 without any serious
problems.

Cheers,

Earle

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

> No, Steve Ballmer did not say "Windows Vista is an incomplete product".

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/work+in+progress

http://www.answers.com/topic/work-in...ss?cat=biz-fin

http://www.businessdictionary.com/de...-progress.html

http://financial-dictionary.thefreed...Progress+-+WIP

http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/WORKINPROGRESS

Unless you are claiming that Balmer is too stupid to know what "work in
progress" actually means, then he did mean that Vista is an incomplete
product by calling it a "work in progress."

> All operating systems are a "work in progress"....every single one!

Really? Or are they complete products that have flaws?

Do you really think Steve Jobs would be stupid enough to characterize OSX
as a "work in progress?"

> The Wow is Now!
> http://www.microsoft.com/india/vista...ow%20-%20full%
20song.mp3

Vista should be shot and put out of our misery just for that assault to
the ears.

Though I do find it interesting that MS is hosting that abomination in
the mp3 format, not in their own wm format.

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Denis wrote:
> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an
> incomplete product, even though the operating system has been on the
> market for more than a year.
>
> Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in
> Seattle yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved OS
> was "a work in progress". According to reports, he also promised that
> Microsoft would learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.
>
Big deal...life is a "work in progress'...!
Frank

Yes, and the comparison to XP as something different from that progress is
pretty funny. I think in looking for a name for 'pre SP2 XP', the name
'firewall-less self replicating zombie' springs to mind. I can easily see
the future for the Win7, when the spambabies are longing for the
'versatility and beauty' of 'good old Vista'.
--

Mark L. Ferguson
..

"Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam_@live.com> wrote in message
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> "kurttrail" <> wrote in message
> news:QH1Pj.8566$...
>> Denis wrote:
>>
>>> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an
>>> incomplete product, even though the operating system has been on the
>>> market for more than a year.
>>>
>>> Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in
>>> Seattle yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved OS
>>> was "a work in progress". According to reports, he also promised that
>>> Microsoft would learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.
>>
>> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...msftmvp18.html
>>
>> And you can always sue MS for your money back, but would that be worth
>> the aggravation, especially since by the time the court rules, most
>> people will be using Windows 10?
>>
> They would nail you for legal fees, and their legal team would ring up a
> lot of hours on purpose to make sure they put you in the poor house when
> all was said and done. All Microsoft operating systems have been "work in
> progress". A currently stable version of Windows 2000 is SP4 and gets
> updates from the web site every month. XP is SP2.
>
> At this point in time, if you want stability, you can "downgrade" just
> about any (maybe all) machines on the market to XP SP2 without any serious
> problems.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Earle

Mark L. Ferguson wrote:

> Yes, and the comparison to XP as something different from that progress
> is pretty funny. I think in looking for a name for 'pre SP2 XP', the
> name 'firewall-less self replicating zombie' springs to mind. I can
> easily see the future for the Win7, when the spambabies are longing for
> the 'versatility and beauty' of 'good old Vista'.

Well, by then Vista SP2 should be out, and maybe by then Vista might not
be so ugly.

Though after Vista, I doubt MS will make as many mistakes with Win7.

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Frank wrote:
> Denis wrote:
>> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an
>> incomplete product, even though the operating system has been on the
>> market for more than a year.
>>
>> Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in
>> Seattle yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved
>> OS was "a work in progress". According to reports, he also promised
>> that Microsoft would learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.
>>
> Big deal...life is a "work in progress'...!
> Frank

In your case, your life is an accident that is continually happening.

Alias

Frank wrote:

> Denis wrote:
>> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that Windows Vista is an
>> incomplete product, even though the operating system has been on the
>> market for more than a year.
>>
>> Speaking at the firm's annual Most Valuable Professionals event in
>> Seattle yesterday, Big Steve told the gathered crowd that the unloved
>> OS was "a work in progress". According to reports, he also promised
>> that Microsoft would learn from the mistakes it has made with Vista.
>>
> Big deal...life is a "work in progress'...! Frank

Not all lives are a "work in progress," Frank.

You have definitely stopped working on your miserable existence.

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