Re: Look at this MS is screwed yet again.......

Just pointing out that I knew this over one year ago.

http://groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/c6e2a4ba5af53e13?dmode=source&hl=en

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Armand Hammer wrote:
http://www.itp.net/news/details.php?id=20837&category=

Just like I said already. Its amazing how a regular internet user
has this info before a microsoft exec!

?

It's the way of the world (especially now) for people to (at least
believe) know things quickly. I know it is still strange for some to
think they can see live what is going on thousands of miles over oceans
from them.. But the ability has been around a while now.

The article you pointed to, however - does not really show any great
insight, any "I knew for sure before anyone else" point of facts. It
shows that someone (or some group) guessed (and it doesn't take a genius
to do that) that Windows Vista would not be released "on time" and
probably not until 2007.

*gasp* No! Really?

Come on. Seriously. When the Beta 2 release was slated for February (I
believe - it's been so long that I cannot remember) and it never made that
time frame.. Or March.. Or April.. You think that was a hint? And that
combined with all the other issues surrounding Vista as well as current
OSes - 2+2 is still equal to 4.

What I am saying is that this was no shocker. It was that way with past
releases (and not just from Microsoft) and iot will be that way with
future releases (and not just from Microsoft.) Heck - I have been beta
testing one piece of software for a while now and they keep edging their
way to the first full release.. They made it to .9 and I thought:
"Woohoo!" - but then they made 0.91! They then added the third digit!
0.960 is where I believe they are now.

People instinctively do not like to be criticized - especially for stupid
mistakes. So they may delay things over and over for various reasons -
just tso they can double/triple check things. The trouble is - nothing is
perfect. Someday you have to let the kids grow up and let them out of the
house.

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Shenan Stanley
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