Windows Vista may not ship in the European Union at the same time that it is released in the United States as a result of possible issues with European competition law, Microsoft acknowledged on Sept. 7. The problem from Microsoft's perspective is that the EU has been slow in letting the software giant know exactly what it needs in order for Windows Vista to ship in Europe.
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Member since:2005-06-30
To be fair, you can't know what Vista is going to be like. But it doesn't seem as promising as microsoft made it out to be at first.
Technically, you can have a pretty good idea by giving a try to the pre-release versions... Actually, it's quite sad that a number of people here are judging products without trying them. It screws up the SnR ratio in these "forums".
I have to agree that Microsoft hyped the upcoming Vista to a point where it became impossible to meet the expectations. They have tried to do waaaaaaaay to much in a single release. Perhaps they should have followed Apple's slow-but-steady model.
Still, hype is a great enemy of software releases. Take Ubuntu Dapper. I'm using it on my laptop since Flight 4 and while it's decent, it's not really different from the other distros around, let alone be THE ultimate OS like many reviewers are praising. Hey, I'm doing my part by filing bugs when necessary, but it managed to annoy me quite a few times... Many of these annoyances would probably disappoint newcomers who had incredible expectations. Thus, hype is bad!
As for Microsoft saga with the EU... They are just a company like others. Thus, they have to comply with the local laws. It's really their loss if they cannot get their act together before the release of Vista. Perhaps the EU is harsh and unfair, but it's their land, after all.
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2006-02-06
"* If you can consider the prospect of being denied Vista as 'punishment':-) "
I was going to say that :p
To be fair, you can't know what Vista is going to be like. But it doesn't seem as promising as microsoft made it out to be at first.