Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Mar 2008 20:08 UTC
Microsoft has admitted that SP1 for its Ultimate edition of Windows Vista will not be made available to everyone in mid-March as originally planned, because of a delay with 31 of its language packs. Vista product manager Nick White said in a blog post yesterday that Microsoft will now ship Vista Ultimate SP1 in two 'waves', with the second one coming 'later in 2008'. Customers running the 'premium' version of the operating system on their computers in English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish will be able to get the service pack shortly, according to White. But the remaining Vista Ultimate computers around the world will not receive the long-awaited update until the 31 language packs, that the software giant is presumably tweaking, are supported in SP1.
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It should not be released until it is 100% ready and stable.
It is maybe a last ditch attempt for Microsoft to save face over Vista, the whole world sees it as a flop, they need some good press, and releasing a buggy service pack would be the straw that breaks that camels back.
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RE[2]: great news...
by raver31 (4.56) on Tue 4th Mar 2008 22:55 UTC in reply to "RE: great news..."
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It should not be released until it is 100% ready and stable.
It is maybe a last ditch attempt for Microsoft to save face over Vista, the whole world sees it as a flop, they need some good press, and releasing a buggy service pack would be the straw that breaks that camels back.
It is maybe a last ditch attempt for Microsoft to save face over Vista, the whole world sees it as a flop, they need some good press, and releasing a buggy service pack would be the straw that breaks that camels back.
What do the missing language translations have to do with this?
Besides, hoping for 100 % readiness and stability is rather Utopian, isn't it?
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this news is totally WRONG! There is NOT any delay!!!
SP1 is not offered ONLY IF you installed another language using the Language Packs.
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/03/03/l...
"PCs running Windows Vista Ultimate with any of the other Language Packs installed will not be offered Windows Vista SP1 through Windows Update until they are released"
Edited 2008-03-05 10:16 UTC