I said this would happen a year and half ago.. lol>>> Vista is dead.

I guess this will burn the behinds of many fanboys (frank included)
but I told you that this would happen. At first no one believed me..
but slowly people started to wake up, now its common knowledge, and only
a few dorks cling the the worse OS microsft ever made.

You all didnt want to listen then, perhaps you will listen now.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Mic...s-up-on-Vista/


(this is page 1 of article click above link to view page 2 too)

Microsoft Gives Up on Vista
( Page 1 of 2 )


The question now isn't "Is Vista Dead?" It is. The real question is: Can
Microsoft get Windows 7 out in time to save its desktop domination? I think
Microsoft "could" pull it off. Here's how.

Vista is dead.

That's not what Bill Gates said at a seminar on corporate philanthropy in
Miami on April 4, but it might as well have been. What Gates actually said,
according to the Reuters report, is that he expects that the next desktop
version of Windows, Windows 7, would be released "sometime in the next year
or so."

Goodbye Vista. It has not been fun knowing you.

I predicted that Microsoft was giving up on Vista in January. It seems I was
right. Microsoft's own top brass had hated Vista when it first came out, why
should they expect anyone else to like it?

Vista SP1 has proven to be a painful upgrade and its performance still lags
behind XP SP2 and, the still unreleased XP SP3. Worse still, from a
Microsoft executive's viewpoint, Windows is actually losing desktop market
share to Mac OS X and Linux. Microsoft never loses desktop market share. But
with Vista Microsoft is finally losing customers.

I think Microsoft saw the handwriting on the wall early on. The company
started playing up Windows 7 as early as July 2007. Now, Microsoft's
business plan is always to get its customers to upgrade to the next version.
It's how they make their billions. But, in this case, Vista was barely out
the door.

Can Microsoft actually make a Windows 7 that can ship by 2009 that will win
customers? Vista was infamous for its blown deadlines. Windows 7 must not
only replace the failed Vista, it has to convince Microsoft's customers that
Windows 7 will really be better than XP.

That isn't going to be easy. I find it more than a little telling that
Microsoft has given XP Home a new lease on life for UMPC (Ultra Mobile PCs).
Still. I think Microsoft has one card up its sleeve that just might keep its
customers happy and make it out in 2009: Server 2008 Workstation.





--
What people are REALLY saying about Vista:
http://www.microsplot.com/news/2007/..._windows_vista

50 Ways to leave your Vista....

CHORUS:

You just format the drive , Clive
Get a New Mac , Jack
Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Boot from a *nix, Jix
You don't need to discuss much
Install XP, Lee
And get yourself free

An operating system is dead when no one is any longer using it. That is far
from the case with Vista - though you may want it to be so.

Windows 95 is still used by some so even IT is not yet dead. Sorry!


"vishhiita prime" <> wrote in message
news:48107c54$...
>I guess this will burn the behinds of many fanboys (frank included)
> but I told you that this would happen. At first no one believed me..
> but slowly people started to wake up, now its common knowledge, and only
> a few dorks cling the the worse OS microsft ever made.
>
> You all didnt want to listen then, perhaps you will listen now.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Mic...s-up-on-Vista/
>
>
> (this is page 1 of article click above link to view page 2 too)
>
> Microsoft Gives Up on Vista
> ( Page 1 of 2 )
>
>
> The question now isn't "Is Vista Dead?" It is. The real question is: Can
> Microsoft get Windows 7 out in time to save its desktop domination? I
> think Microsoft "could" pull it off. Here's how.
>
> Vista is dead.
>
> That's not what Bill Gates said at a seminar on corporate philanthropy in
> Miami on April 4, but it might as well have been. What Gates actually
> said, according to the Reuters report, is that he expects that the next
> desktop version of Windows, Windows 7, would be released "sometime in the
> next year or so."
>
> Goodbye Vista. It has not been fun knowing you.
>
> I predicted that Microsoft was giving up on Vista in January. It seems I
> was right. Microsoft's own top brass had hated Vista when it first came
> out, why should they expect anyone else to like it?
>
> Vista SP1 has proven to be a painful upgrade and its performance still
> lags behind XP SP2 and, the still unreleased XP SP3. Worse still, from a
> Microsoft executive's viewpoint, Windows is actually losing desktop market
> share to Mac OS X and Linux. Microsoft never loses desktop market share.
> But with Vista Microsoft is finally losing customers.
>
> I think Microsoft saw the handwriting on the wall early on. The company
> started playing up Windows 7 as early as July 2007. Now, Microsoft's
> business plan is always to get its customers to upgrade to the next
> version. It's how they make their billions. But, in this case, Vista was
> barely out the door.
>
> Can Microsoft actually make a Windows 7 that can ship by 2009 that will
> win customers? Vista was infamous for its blown deadlines. Windows 7 must
> not only replace the failed Vista, it has to convince Microsoft's
> customers that Windows 7 will really be better than XP.
>
> That isn't going to be easy. I find it more than a little telling that
> Microsoft has given XP Home a new lease on life for UMPC (Ultra Mobile
> PCs). Still. I think Microsoft has one card up its sleeve that just might
> keep its customers happy and make it out in 2009: Server 2008 Workstation.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> What people are REALLY saying about Vista:
> http://www.microsplot.com/news/2007/..._windows_vista
>
> 50 Ways to leave your Vista....
>
> CHORUS:
>
> You just format the drive , Clive
> Get a New Mac , Jack
> Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
> Just get yourself free
> Boot from a *nix, Jix
> You don't need to discuss much
> Install XP, Lee
> And get yourself free
>
>
>
>

I'm sorry to hear that. Poor little Miss Vista. She was so pretty.
When's the funeral and can we bring a Vista laptop?

I'm sure it never occurred to MS before to bring out a product that would
make a previous version obsolete.

--
Jon



"vishhiita prime" <> wrote in message
news:48107c54$...
>I guess this will burn the behinds of many fanboys (frank included)
> but I told you that this would happen. At first no one believed me..
> but slowly people started to wake up, now its common knowledge, and only
> a few dorks cling the the worse OS microsft ever made.
>
> You all didnt want to listen then, perhaps you will listen now.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Mic...s-up-on-Vista/
>
>
> (this is page 1 of article click above link to view page 2 too)
>
> Microsoft Gives Up on Vista
> ( Page 1 of 2 )
>
>
> The question now isn't "Is Vista Dead?" It is. The real question is: Can
> Microsoft get Windows 7 out in time to save its desktop domination? I
> think Microsoft "could" pull it off. Here's how.
>
> Vista is dead.
>
> That's not what Bill Gates said at a seminar on corporate philanthropy in
> Miami on April 4, but it might as well have been. What Gates actually
> said, according to the Reuters report, is that he expects that the next
> desktop version of Windows, Windows 7, would be released "sometime in the
> next year or so."
>
> Goodbye Vista. It has not been fun knowing you.
>
> I predicted that Microsoft was giving up on Vista in January. It seems I
> was right. Microsoft's own top brass had hated Vista when it first came
> out, why should they expect anyone else to like it?
>
> Vista SP1 has proven to be a painful upgrade and its performance still
> lags behind XP SP2 and, the still unreleased XP SP3. Worse still, from a
> Microsoft executive's viewpoint, Windows is actually losing desktop market
> share to Mac OS X and Linux. Microsoft never loses desktop market share.
> But with Vista Microsoft is finally losing customers.
>
> I think Microsoft saw the handwriting on the wall early on. The company
> started playing up Windows 7 as early as July 2007. Now, Microsoft's
> business plan is always to get its customers to upgrade to the next
> version. It's how they make their billions. But, in this case, Vista was
> barely out the door.
>
> Can Microsoft actually make a Windows 7 that can ship by 2009 that will
> win customers? Vista was infamous for its blown deadlines. Windows 7 must
> not only replace the failed Vista, it has to convince Microsoft's
> customers that Windows 7 will really be better than XP.
>
> That isn't going to be easy. I find it more than a little telling that
> Microsoft has given XP Home a new lease on life for UMPC (Ultra Mobile
> PCs). Still. I think Microsoft has one card up its sleeve that just might
> keep its customers happy and make it out in 2009: Server 2008 Workstation.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> What people are REALLY saying about Vista:
> http://www.microsplot.com/news/2007/..._windows_vista
>
> 50 Ways to leave your Vista....
>
> CHORUS:
>
> You just format the drive , Clive
> Get a New Mac , Jack
> Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
> Just get yourself free
> Boot from a *nix, Jix
> You don't need to discuss much
> Install XP, Lee
> And get yourself free
>
>
>
>

"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:%23$...
> An operating system is dead when no one is any longer using it. That is
> far from the case with Vista - though you may want it to be so.

Vista is "dead" with 130 million sold and 14% share! Linux with .6% share
has "momentum"!

I wonder what kind of drugs you have to take in order to believe such
drivel?

Richard Urban wrote:

> An operating system is dead when no one is any longer using it. That is
> far from the case with Vista - though you may want it to be so.
>
> Windows 95 is still used by some so even IT is not yet dead. Sorry!

Actually, Vista is more like ME. I'm sure there is someone out there
still using it, but it is dead to those of us that thought it was the
worst of the 9x OS line.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Former Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:33:36 -0400, "Bob Campbell" <>
wrote:

>"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
>news:%23$...
>> An operating system is dead when no one is any longer using it. That is
>> far from the case with Vista - though you may want it to be so.
>
>Vista is "dead" with 130 million sold and 14% share! Linux with .6% share
>has "momentum"!
>
>I wonder what kind of drugs you have to take in order to believe such
>drivel?

I wonder the same of the mind numbed robots that are Microsoft butt
kissers. Vista is fatally flawed. Need proof? Microsoft extending the
life of XP (because their customers are demanding it) and rushing to
get Windows 7 developed. That doesn't sound like success to me.
Neither does your 14% share. That means 86% of users HAVE NOT
"upgraded" to Vista and are sticking with XP, prior versions of
Windows or some other platform. Again, hardly a roaring success story
considering Vista has been out over a year.

Bob Campbell wrote:

> "Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
> news:%23$...
>> An operating system is dead when no one is any longer using it. That is
>> far from the case with Vista - though you may want it to be so.
>
> Vista is "dead" with 130 million sold

How many of those millions are actually represent VL customers that are
still using XP, though they have the right to install Vista?

> and 14% share!

And what was XP's share a year and a quarter after its release?

It was more like double that of Vista, if not more.

> Linux with .6%
> share has "momentum"!

Can you cite that, because I know that number is old.

> I wonder what kind of drugs you have to take in order to believe such
> drivel?

You got to stop drinking the MicroFanboy Kool-Aid, that's all.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Former Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:13:40 -0400, "Richard Urban"
<> wrote:

>An operating system is dead when no one is any longer using it. That is far
>from the case with Vista - though you may want it to be so.
>
>Windows 95 is still used by some so even IT is not yet dead. Sorry!

What's really "dead" (mentally) are mind numbed Microsoft butt kissing
robots like YOU. Damn funny to see you squirm though. Keep it up!

vishhiita prime wrote:
> I guess this will burn the behinds of many fanboys (frank included)
> but I told you that this would happen. At first no one believed me..
> but slowly people started to wake up, now its common knowledge, and only
> a few dorks cling the the worse OS microsft ever made.
>
> You all didnt want to listen then, perhaps you will listen now.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Mic...s-up-on-Vista/
>
>
> (this is page 1 of article click above link to view page 2 too)
>
> Microsoft Gives Up on Vista
> ( Page 1 of 2 )
>
>
> The question now isn't "Is Vista Dead?" It is. The real question is: Can
> Microsoft get Windows 7 out in time to save its desktop domination? I think
> Microsoft "could" pull it off. Here's how.
>
> Vista is dead.
>
> That's not what Bill Gates said at a seminar on corporate philanthropy in
> Miami on April 4, but it might as well have been. What Gates actually said,
> according to the Reuters report, is that he expects that the next desktop
> version of Windows, Windows 7, would be released "sometime in the next year
> or so."
>
> Goodbye Vista. It has not been fun knowing you.
>
> I predicted that Microsoft was giving up on Vista in January. It seems I was
> right. Microsoft's own top brass had hated Vista when it first came out, why
> should they expect anyone else to like it?
>
> Vista SP1 has proven to be a painful upgrade and its performance still lags
> behind XP SP2 and, the still unreleased XP SP3. Worse still, from a
> Microsoft executive's viewpoint, Windows is actually losing desktop market
> share to Mac OS X and Linux. Microsoft never loses desktop market share. But
> with Vista Microsoft is finally losing customers.
>
> I think Microsoft saw the handwriting on the wall early on. The company
> started playing up Windows 7 as early as July 2007. Now, Microsoft's
> business plan is always to get its customers to upgrade to the next version.
> It's how they make their billions. But, in this case, Vista was barely out
> the door.
>
> Can Microsoft actually make a Windows 7 that can ship by 2009 that will win
> customers? Vista was infamous for its blown deadlines. Windows 7 must not
> only replace the failed Vista, it has to convince Microsoft's customers that
> Windows 7 will really be better than XP.
>
> That isn't going to be easy. I find it more than a little telling that
> Microsoft has given XP Home a new lease on life for UMPC (Ultra Mobile PCs).
> Still. I think Microsoft has one card up its sleeve that just might keep its
> customers happy and make it out in 2009: Server 2008 Workstation.
>
>
>
>
>


"Can Microsoft actually make a Windows 7 that can ship by 2009 that will
win customers?"

If they wanted, they could just re-brand Vista, like a company changing
its name to get away from a bad reputation. It may still not win
customers, but it would give them a couple more years before folks
started to realize what they did.

What I wonder about is that Microsoft felt Vista was where they wanted
to go. What would you change to make an OS more acceptable? Keep in
mind, some of the problems with Vista were decisions made my Microsoft,
and not programming mistakes. Does Microsoft have to follow in Apple's
lead and make the OS more restrictive, as far as devices and software
allowed, to make it operate better?

Clark

vishhiita prime wrote:
> I guess this will burn the behinds of many fanboys (frank included)
> but I told you that this would happen. At first no one believed me..
> but slowly people started to wake up, now its common knowledge, and only
> a few dorks cling the the worse OS microsft ever made.
>
> You all didnt want to listen then, perhaps you will listen now.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Mic...s-up-on-Vista/
>
>
> (this is page 1 of article click above link to view page 2 too)
>
> Microsoft Gives Up on Vista
> ( Page 1 of 2 )
>
>
> The question now isn't "Is Vista Dead?" It is. The real question is: Can
> Microsoft get Windows 7 out in time to save its desktop domination? I think
> Microsoft "could" pull it off. Here's how.
>
> Vista is dead.
>
> That's not what Bill Gates said at a seminar on corporate philanthropy in
> Miami on April 4, but it might as well have been. What Gates actually said,
> according to the Reuters report, is that he expects that the next desktop
> version of Windows, Windows 7, would be released "sometime in the next year
> or so."
>
> Goodbye Vista. It has not been fun knowing you.
>
> I predicted that Microsoft was giving up on Vista in January. It seems I was
> right. Microsoft's own top brass had hated Vista when it first came out, why
> should they expect anyone else to like it?
>
> Vista SP1 has proven to be a painful upgrade and its performance still lags
> behind XP SP2 and, the still unreleased XP SP3. Worse still, from a
> Microsoft executive's viewpoint, Windows is actually losing desktop market
> share to Mac OS X and Linux. Microsoft never loses desktop market share. But
> with Vista Microsoft is finally losing customers.
>
> I think Microsoft saw the handwriting on the wall early on. The company
> started playing up Windows 7 as early as July 2007. Now, Microsoft's
> business plan is always to get its customers to upgrade to the next version.
> It's how they make their billions. But, in this case, Vista was barely out
> the door.
>
> Can Microsoft actually make a Windows 7 that can ship by 2009 that will win
> customers? Vista was infamous for its blown deadlines. Windows 7 must not
> only replace the failed Vista, it has to convince Microsoft's customers that
> Windows 7 will really be better than XP.
>
> That isn't going to be easy. I find it more than a little telling that
> Microsoft has given XP Home a new lease on life for UMPC (Ultra Mobile PCs).
> Still. I think Microsoft has one card up its sleeve that just might keep its
> customers happy and make it out in 2009: Server 2008 Workstation.
>
>
>
>
>

Year or so....or so for Microsoft could be three years. I wouldn't get
to excited.

gls858