__/ [ Rob Hughes ] on Thursday 08 June 2006 13:49 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | "While PC-to-PC sync is a great feature that improves productivity
>> | and collaboration we don't have it at the quality level our
>> | customers demand," Microsoft said Wednesday in a statement.
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> http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6081232.html?part=rss&tag=6081232&subj=news
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> Translation: it compiled, but it won't run.
It's probably just too buggy and they can't have it mended on time. The
releases are, as usual, dealdine-driven, so there is a cost. This time,
however, even deadlines are being bended like 5 times, quite wildly so,
without any fruit.
When you said "it won't run", a light lit.
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| "It's not going to work," Mr. Allchin says he told the Microsoft chairman.
| The new version, code-named Longhorn, was so complex its writers would
| never be able to make it run properly.
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That was just 9 months ago.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112743680328349448,00.html?mod=todays_us_page_one
> Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a way of life.
And Ignorance is Bliss. Most Vista users will be unaware of the feature being
dropped, let alone its initial promise to prospective customers.
Best wishes,
Roy
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