OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/18533/Windows_Server_2008_Delayed Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:13:59 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Vista SP1? http://osnews.com/thread?266752 http://osnews.com/thread?266752 Presumably if the assumption that a synchronised Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2k8 release was planned is correct this means Vista SP1 final is also delayed? Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (baadger) Comments Is this going to become another Vista? http://osnews.com/thread?266769 http://osnews.com/thread?266769 With Vista they made delay after delay to turn a bad quality product into a sub-standard quality product. I have a feeling that mar happen but it won't be as severe as Vista. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sultanqasim) Comments credit http://osnews.com/thread?266775 http://osnews.com/thread?266775 credit wherer credit is due. MS has done well with their server OS's. 2003 was stable and good. 2000 was well known for being a good product and so on. i actualy believe 2008 will be good. for 2 reasons. 1, referencing past server releases. 2, ms knows damn well they cant afford another screw up like what vista turned out to be. it has been a media disaster for MS. if server is not a success linux is oging ot be all over that and vendors will start pushing there linux or unix products harder. because when windows is bad not only the MS look bad but so does teh vendor for selling a bad product. good luck MS dont make a lier out of me. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (poundsmack) Comments Viridian http://osnews.com/thread?266778 http://osnews.com/thread?266778 I guess if Windows Server 2008 is pushed back to March 2008, and Viridian will ship 180 days after that, we have another year before Microsoft's virtualization product actually becomes useful. Oh well, more for VMware I guess—I'm glad I bought their stock. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bink) Comments RE: Vista SP1? http://osnews.com/thread?266787 http://osnews.com/thread?266787
Presumably if the assumption that a synchronised Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2k8 release was planned is correct this means Vista SP1 final is also delayed?


I'd say so. I'm actually happy that Microsoft is holding things back. They got Windows Vista out there door - admitingly its not perfect, but it is out the door. I hope that the result is that SP1 and Windows 2008 Server address many of the problems people have raised with Windows Vista.

IIRC basically Windows SP1 is Windows 2008 Server minus the server components; many of the 'server orientated kernel features' (along with other features) were held back for Windows 2008 server and SP1. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments It's about time http://osnews.com/thread?266858 http://osnews.com/thread?266858 I've been saying for years that Microsoft needs to take their time on an OS release, and tell people that it's not being released until they're 100% satisfied with the quality. While that might hurt short term profits, it will be beneficial in the long run. I don't think it's any coincidence that I saw an article recently saying that the estimated number of desktop Linux users has doubled in the last year. There have been far too many disastrous initial Windows releases in the past, i.e. Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, NT 3.5, Windows95, WindowsME and recently Vista. It seems Microsoft has realized that they really can't do this with Server 2008, especially if they want to make serious inroads in enterprise *nix adoption.

I'm a Linux user, formerly an OS/2 user, and I've always had a disdain for Windows, but I have to give MS a hand here. They're finally doing the right thing. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (steampoweredlawn) Comments Like with vista http://osnews.com/thread?266937 http://osnews.com/thread?266937 ;-)

whens SP1 out again? Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Adurbe) Comments the quality our customers have come to expect http://osnews.com/thread?266974 http://osnews.com/thread?266974 HA HA HAHAHAHAHA!! Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (maddocks) Comments 2003 http://osnews.com/thread?267067 http://osnews.com/thread?267067 in 2004? Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (PipoDeClown) Comments Funny! http://osnews.com/thread?267147 http://osnews.com/thread?267147 I heard all the MS fanboys telling "this time they won't delay for sure", here on OS News.


I got a simple question for you: Was there any Windows OS _not_ delayed? Why should it change now? ;)

It is a business trick and ever was. People wait for the next shiny Windows release instead of using a competing product. Then Windows gets delayed, and they wait just a little bit longer...

This worked really great with Windows 95 against OS/2. OS/2 Warp was out and ran very well, still people waited for "Windows Chicago"... Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ford Prefect) Comments