Windows Vista Delayed or Timeframe Confirmed?
In the past 24 hours there have been dozens of publsihed stories that a
Microsoft employee blurted out a time frame regarding the release of Windows Vista; this date
was interpreted as a a delay in the Windows Vista release. I'm tired
of these non-news stories.
Are you tired of these "stories" too?
Linux users learned a long time ago that a
product only ships when it is ready. Apple users know this to be true
too. There are not discussions of shipping dates slipping because dates
are fluid. If something needs to be changed then it is changed. If
something is not ready then it is not ready. Why, then, are these same
camps of people trying to a make a big deal about a time frame for
Windows Vista?
It is a double standard.
Here is the clincher, though. Microsoft has been very quiet about a
specific date for shipping. In fact, they were very cute to word a
message on the Windows Vista site about the beta 1 that said "By August 3" and people
were suckered into thinking that was a ship date. No, the language
clearly said it would be "by" August 3rd - not "on" August 3rd."
There may be internal shipping dates but these are goals and not
requirements. The only requirement is that Windows Vista works - and
works better than previous OS versions.
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