Anyone who has read my blog or articles that I have written for other blogs knows the (KOF) love that I have for Microsloth. I have been particulary hard on ‘VISTA’, their latest and greatest replacement for XP. I was most amused to find out that VISTA was the first BETA to have a critical update patch applied prior to final release. I have also said that VISTA would be a Kludge, due to the fact, that it runs on the same kernal that was used for Windows 3.0. Over the years, they have continued to load more crap on until ME came along and it barely ran at all. Removing DOS allowed for some improvement with NT, but problems began to show up in XP when they started loading up the junk again. And now, VISTA is going to be the Kludge of them all. The final version will contain less than 1/4 of the newest widgets that were originaly promised. There have been delays after delays, and now, this article from our friends at CNN Money:
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it plans to delay the consumer launch of its much-anticipated Windows Vista operating system to January 2007 from its earlier target of the second half of 2006, sending its shares down nearly 3 percent.
Microsoft plans to launch a product for corporate customers in November and then roll out Windows Vista for consumers after the holiday shopping season, Jim Allchin, co-president of the company’s Platforms & Services Division, said on a conference call.
Vista is the first major overhaul of Windows since Microsoft rolled out Windows XP nearly five years ago.
Microsoft said Vista is delayed because it wants to improve overall quality, particularly in security, and that PC makers didn’t want the operating system introduced in the middle of holiday sales, because a new version would create instability in the market.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft is planning six core offerings of the Vista operating system, targeting how people use computers instead of PC hardware specifications.
Three will be aimed at consumers, two at business users, and a stripped-down version for emerging markets. Unlike the current Windows XP, there will be no versions designed specifically for advanced 64-bit computing, multimedia computers or Tablet PCs.
Windows, which is found in about 90 percent of all computer desktops, is one of Microsoft’s biggest cash cows.