Inline..
"barrel" <barrel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> MS is in a hurry to get Win7 out...
If you look at MS operating system release history, you will find that 2 - 3
years is the norm
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> they want to get vista behind them as fast as possible. They will support
> it of course for 3 years as all OS, because they have to.
>
That is as maybe, but it was not all the fault of MS..
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> But as you will see, XP and Win7 will still be relevant for many years.
> Vista will be mentioned only as a good example of what to avoid in the
> future.
>
Windows 2000 is still alive too, but numbers are dwindling fast..
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> Computer savvy people like win7, but will it grasp the hearts of the >
> consumer? Perhaps its just too much like vista. There was a rumor that
> they would slap on a new GUI at the last moment..
>
Windows 7 benefits in that anything which runs on Vista will run on Win 7.
Vista was left to make it on its own by virtually all 3rd party
manufacturers and software authors for a good six months That alone will
ensure a Windows 7 success..
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> Now that the RC is out, I don't see them doing that.
>
> Many simple users just ask: they had a good product, XP.. why just they
> don't > improve upon that and forget everything about vista and its
> offspring > (windows7)?
>
The reason for Vista taking so long was because the XP base was not good
enough to be carried forward, and MS had to start over. Windows 7 can be no
more based upon XP than Vista could.
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> My answer is that MS would never do that... even if it means losing their
> market share to apple and linux.
>
> Talking about apple... MAC OSX rocks!
>
> -V.B.S
>
To each their own
--
Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/