Re: The elephant in the room

In article <1155001783.366219.169690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Chris Clement" <chris.clement@xxxxxxx> wrote:

bobinnv wrote:
In article <44d7dc6a$0$42195$815e3792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Oxford <colalovesosx@xxxxxxx> wrote:

bobinnv <bobinnv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It appears to me that Leopard is going to be late (not this year as
most expected, but next year), and the feature set is not yet set (
Job's said there were still 'surprises' to come, but he wouldn't say
what). Kind of Microsoftish..

I wish I could remember which Mac site pointed this obvious but unspoken
fact out, but I forget where I first saw it after reading so many Mac
sites today..

It was here:

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/08/07/the-elephant-in-the-room-apple-pulls-a-mic
rosoft-delays-leopar/


how can it be late? it was just announced that it will ship in the
Spring. So if Summer of 2007 comes and it hasn't been released, then
it's late, but looks right on schedule, the beta will be in developer
hands today.


It has been widely expected to be released this year. For example:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/08/03/windows.vista.vs..leopard/

You can read more at tuaw, cited above.

Officially, of course, Apple doesn't typically announce release dates
for just this reason - they might look "bad" by being late. Personally,
I'd rather they were late than have a bad release.

and you need to watch the keynote, steve specifically says why they are
keeping some features "secret", fun to watch...

I suppose if you are enamored of Mr. Jobs, you would find his sales
pitches 'fun'. Nevertheless, there are features of Leopard they aren't
talking about, and it is logical to assume that they are not totally
sure if they will make it into the final release.

None of this is a big deal of course, I just like to imagine how this
forum would react if MS had made a similar announcement.

When did Apple announce Leopard's release date before today? When did
Apple then announce Leopard would be delayed?

If the only way you would consider Leopard to be late is if Apple
doesn't make its announced target, then it isn't late. And if they had
announced today that it would be released in the spring of 2008, you
wouldn't consider it late, either. Common sense would say otherwise.
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