Non Sequitur! wrote:
> I will have windows 7 before most of you losers
> if not ALL of you losers! lol
And you think that's something brag about? For all you know, it will be
worse than Vista.
Alias
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> "Ringmaster Limbaugh" <> wrote in message
> news:XqOLk.4542$...
>> You better hurry and head over to BestBuy. Get in line soon so when
>> Windows 7 is finally released you can be the first one in your
>> neighborhood to get a copy. Until then stick with Ubuntu.
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>> "Non Sequitur!" <> wrote in message
>> news:48ffae98$...
>>> My Comments:
>>>
>>> Microsoft wants to get rid of vista (and launch windows7) far sooner
>>> than expected.
>>>
>>> Well that's what everyone ELSE expected. I personally knew and had
>>> told everyone here that MS would be bringing out windows7 faster than
>>> excpected. I just can imagine them whipping their developers and
>>> making them work double shifts on a rhythm kept by a big black guy
>>> pounding a drum with a microsoft logo on it. With an OS as STUPID as
>>> vista, who blames them??? THEY ARE IN PANIC!
>>>
>>> Vista has been a phenomenal FLOP, and although MS flew lies and more
>>> lies about how well Vista was selling, internally they
>>> were VERY DISAPPOINTED! And Im glad they realized AT LAST what a ****
>>> OS they produced!
>>> (note: im posting this on the XP newsgroup also, to warn them to keep
>>> away from vista and wait until windows7 is out.)
>>>
>>> Article:
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1654
>>>
>>> As I've mentioned a couple of times on this blog, Microsoft privately
>>> is telling some of its customers that Windows 7 will be out in the
>>> latter half of 2009.
>>>
>>> It's true, as Microsoft's spokespeople contend, that the "public
>>> guidance" around Windows 7 hasn't changed; Microsoft marketeers
>>> continue to state that Windows 7 is on track to ship three years
>>> after Windows Vista was released to market (and cite that target date
>>> as January 2010). As a number of Microsoft watchers, yours truly
>>> included, have noted, Microsoft is NOT going to release another
>>> version of Windows client in January again unless there's a awfully
>>> compelling reason to do so. The best time to RTM a new Windows
>>> release is summer if you hope to get it preloaded on back-to-school
>>> and holiday PCs.
>>>
>>> With all this as a given, it's not surprising that OEMs are starting
>>> to admit that they expect to ship Windows 7 on new machines in the
>>> latter half of 2009.
>>>
>>> I'm also not surprised that Microsoft is dropping hints about Windows
>>> 7 being ready sooner rather than later. As blogger Long Zheng noted,
>>> text on the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2008
>>> site currently states that Windows 7 will ship before the next WinHEC
>>> is held. The exact wording:
>>>
>>> "Be one of the first to see what's new in Windows 7 and be among a
>>> select few to receive a pre-beta build of Windows 7. Join us as
>>> WinHEC 2008 - Register today. WinHEC is the only chance for you to
>>> engage with the team at this level - there is not another WinHEC
>>> planned before Windows 7 is released."
>>>
>>> The plot thickens further. When I searched the Web for "WinHEC 2009,"
>>> it looks like the next WinHEC seems to be slated for New Orleans from
>>> May 3-7, 2009 (although Microsoft potentially could postpone next
>>> year's WinHEC to late fall, like it did this year).
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