Re: Vista complaints


Lars Träger wrote:
Super Spinner <Pepe.Smythe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Lars Träger wrote:
Josh McKee <jtmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1hg0lfd.yqjjn3otxbwuN%Lars.Traeger@xxxxxxxx>,
Lars.Traeger@xxxxxxxx (Lars Träger) wrote:

Super Spinner <Pepe.Smythe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Anyone who thought that Longhorn would really be released in 2003 is
either an idiot or an anti-MS fanboy creating unrealistic expectations
so as to bash MS. XP was released in late 2001. You think Longhorn
would be released just two years later? (Longhorn wasn't just the
typical OSX 0.1 incremental upgrade, and even those take 12-18 months
to be released).

So you admit that Microsoft lied. Good, you are on your way to recovery.

In the same way that Apple lied about Copland, Gershwin, Rhapsody, etc.

Are you that stupid? That was a rhetorical question.

Your little buddy Supper Spinner (how fitting) just claimed that
Microsoft lied - deal with it.

I never claimed that. Microsoft (supposedly, I don't recall their
roadmap, myself) set out a goal that they faild to meet, and anyone who
thought that they would/could release Longhorn in 2003, just 18 months
after XP was released is an idiot (including Microsoft themselves).

No honey, you said "Anyone who thought that Longhorn would really be
released in 2003 is either an idiot or an anti-MS fanboy creating
unrealistic expectations so as to bash MS." Creating unrealistic
expectations is to lie. Who lied? Microsoft.

QED

Do you even have the first clue as to what "QED" means?

You can keep trying to put words in my mouth all you want, but everyone
can read what I posted, and see that I never claimed that "Microsoft
lied".

I said that Microsoft were idiots if they believed any roadmap that had
Longhorn shipping 18 months after XP. It makes no difference who
produced the roadmap. I'd say that companies generally believe the
roadmaps they release at the time they release them, but if the
roadmaps are unrealistic, then they're idiots that have bought into
their own urealistic expectations. Most tech companies (including your
precious Apple) miss the dates on their roadmaps, that doesn't mean
they "lied". It's common for individual programmers to underestimate
the amount of time required to complete a task; that doesn't mean they
"lied" when providing their estimates. The same goes for companies.

It's pathetic that you're dwelling on some obsolete roadmap that became
irrelevant after Microsoft restarted Vista development using Windows
Server 2003 as the base rather than XP.

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