"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "barrel" <barrel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:gts5ni$h8j$1@xxxxxx Quote:
>> 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
> Quote:
>> 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..
> Quote:
>> 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..
> Quote:
>> 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.
> Quote:
>> 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 It's all a question of how to make the most money, peoples interests are
secondary at best, IMHO.
<H>.