Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
release of Vista.

the new OS "vienna" will be released in 2 years....

Why? because Microsoft will suffer greatly from vista sales....
and they will have to shape up or ship out.


"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
news:epCwCggGHHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
> remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
> release of Vista.

If that is the case, or even if it is three years, then that is still
within the life cycle of Windows XP and makes Vista an unnecessary
upgrade. I could get along just fine without Vista for another three years.


MicroFox wrote:
> the new OS "vienna" will be released in 2 years....
>
> Why? because Microsoft will suffer greatly from vista sales....
> and they will have to shape up or ship out.
>
>
> "William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:epCwCggGHHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
>> remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
>> release of Vista.
>
>

shhh ... don't say that publicly.... because you will be hunted down by the
vista fanatics in here....

For them a life without vista is not worth living.

"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
news:eaSSsVhGHHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> If that is the case, or even if it is three years, then that is still
> within the life cycle of Windows XP and makes Vista an unnecessary
> upgrade. I could get along just fine without Vista for another three
> years.
>
>
> MicroFox wrote:
>> the new OS "vienna" will be released in 2 years....
>>
>> Why? because Microsoft will suffer greatly from vista sales....
>> and they will have to shape up or ship out.
>>
>>
>> "William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
>> news:epCwCggGHHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
>>> remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
>>> release of Vista.
>>

If you don't need Vista don't use it.

"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
news:eaSSsVhGHHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> If that is the case, or even if it is three years, then that is still
> within the life cycle of Windows XP and makes Vista an unnecessary
> upgrade. I could get along just fine without Vista for another three
> years.
>
>

Not a fanatic ... BUT ... In many respects Vista operates better on my
system than XP does.

Is Vista all that it was suppose to be ... no ... is any application all
that it was envisioned to be ... no.

If you don't like Vista, don't install it.

"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:OQd8cmhGHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> shhh ... don't say that publicly.... because you will be hunted down by
> the vista fanatics in here....
>
> For them a life without vista is not worth living.
>
> "William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:eaSSsVhGHHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> If that is the case, or even if it is three years, then that is still
>> within the life cycle of Windows XP and makes Vista an unnecessary
>> upgrade. I could get along just fine without Vista for another three
>> years.
>>
>>
>> MicroFox wrote:
>>> the new OS "vienna" will be released in 2 years....
>>>
>>> Why? because Microsoft will suffer greatly from vista sales....
>>> and they will have to shape up or ship out.
>>>
>>>
>>> "William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
>>> news:epCwCggGHHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
>>>> remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
>>>> release of Vista.
>>>
>

Microsoft has only said that they will not take five years between new
versions of Windows again. I have not seen any announcement that Vienna
will be out in two years after Vista general public availablity. The
current focus is to get Longhorn Server (aka Windows Server 2008) out in the
second half of 2007. I don't think they could produce the next client in
only a year after that. Two years would make more sense and I do expect
Vienna about three years after Vista. But no announcement of an rtm quarter
has been made to my knowledge.

The more interesting question to me is whether or not there will be a Vista
R2 a year after SP1. Server 2003 and other products have had R2 editions
now. The "R2" nomenclaure has replaced "SE" so if Win98 SE had come out
under the present nomenclature it would have been Win98 R2. XP SP2 would
have been XP R2 if it had not been primarily a security rewrite.
Apparently, MS wanted the security upgrades to be adopted widely and felt
that charging for an R2 edition would have discouraged that.

"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:%23oi7INhGHHA.4804@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> the new OS "vienna" will be released in 2 years....
>
> Why? because Microsoft will suffer greatly from vista sales....
> and they will have to shape up or ship out.
>
>
> "William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:epCwCggGHHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
>> remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
>> release of Vista.
>
>

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> Microsoft has only said that they will not take five years between new
> versions of Windows again. I have not seen any announcement that Vienna
> will be out in two years after Vista general public availablity. The
> current focus is to get Longhorn Server (aka Windows Server 2008) out in
> the second half of 2007. I don't think they could produce the next
> client in only a year after that.

Sure they can; it will actually be Vista SE.

Alias

Vista is XP SE

No! Its XP Me! (millenium edition) lol


"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.es> wrote in message
news:uRTyHJiGHHA.1080@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> Microsoft has only said that they will not take five years between new
>> versions of Windows again. I have not seen any announcement that Vienna
>> will be out in two years after Vista general public availablity. The
>> current focus is to get Longhorn Server (aka Windows Server 2008) out in
>> the second half of 2007. I don't think they could produce the next
>> client in only a year after that.
>
> Sure they can; it will actually be Vista SE.
>
> Alias

Vienna, or Blackcomb as it was formerly known, has been set to be
released by Microsoft between 2009 and 2012. They have not been more
specific than that. Since the home versions of Vista face end-of-support
in 2012, I am guessing that we will see a smaller update in about 2010
and it will probably be an update like 2000 -> XP was. - Not as big or
significant as 98 -> 2000, or XP -> Vista.

Regards,
Frantz Dhin

William wrote:
> Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
> remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
> release of Vista.