Look out Windows, Here Come (sic) Xandros Desktop Pro V4
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| I have now worked with XANDROS PROFESSIONAL DESKTOP Ver. 4 for about 4
| days. I have added programs, removed programs, used the word
| processing capabilities, installed Windows programs, connected
| with our server and have in general pushed the system looking for
| the bugs. At this point I have found nothing.
|
| XANDROS deserves credit for creating a distribution that is easy
| for a Windows user to transition too, while providing most, if not
| all, of the tools needed for both home and office.
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http://www.geektimelinux.com/index.php?q=node/view/358
No bugs in Linux, eh? On the other hand...
Outlook takes 136 years to sync email (screenshot included)
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| The software behemoth has previously tried to assume control of the
| fourth dimension by turning the clocks back a week early, and
| turning the clocks forward a few thousand years to release its new
| operating system Windows Vista.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/10/outlook_sync_progress/
Windows Vist (sic) - File Copying - Progress Bar (screenshot included)
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| The progress bar is yet to show the actual progress as it has
| almost transfered 60% of data.
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http://interestingwritings.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-vist-transfer-rate.html
Vista still not ready for prime time
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| The overall quality of this $399 Windows Vista Ultimate edition
| isn't deserving of final-release-candidate status, says CNET's Robert
| Vamosi. Expect to see at least one more interim build or perhaps even
| another release candidate soon.
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http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6124945.html?part=rss&tag=6124945&subj=news
Analysts: Microsoft Changes Meaning Of 'Release Candidate'
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| Two industry watchers say Microsoft is corrupting the term, leading to
| major confusion among customers and others about whether the operating
| system is truly ready to evaluate.
|
| Two analysts Thursday accused Microsoft Corp. of changing the meaning
| of "release candidate" by pushing out a version of Windows Vista that
| still needs major work.
|
| [...]
|
| Joe Wilcox, an analyst with JupiterResearch, said that Microsoft's
| corrupted the term.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192700055&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
Vista: Behind the scenes
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| Some of the glitches were already known. Many were things that have
| already been fixed, and a few were too new and need investigating.
| None appeared to be a show-stopper.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-6133491.html
"Installing Windows Vista Release Candidate 2 on a brand new Dell 9200
results in...yep, an old fashioned blue screen...."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jos2006/290912988/
IE 7 mistake
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| I was just using Internet Explorer 7 (the final release version - not
| the beta) and noticed a mistake!... I then pressed CTRL+P and as
| anyone should expect, it printed. I suggest Microsoft fix this lest
| they appear foolish.
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http://frondiz.com/blog/2006/11/ie-7-mistake.html
Windows Vista: Work In Progress
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| Already, the list of non-compatible applications or hardware is fairly
| long. Microsoft's own Vista updates add to the number of third-partyp
| atches on which businesses will have to conduct compatibility testing.
| The burden is yet another reason to see slow business deployments in
| the early months following Windows Vista's release.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/windows_vista_work_in_progress.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Visual Studio vs. Vista: What's going on here?
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| * Visual Basic 6.0 (supported)
| * Visual Studio .NET 2002 (not supported)
| * Visual Studio .NET 2003 (not supported)
| * Visual Studio 2005 (supported, but will have "compatibility issues"
| until some nebulous set of post-SP1 fixes ships)
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http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=42426
SQL Server 2005 SP1 won't work with Vista
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| It's no secret that a number of applications, including
| several of Microsoft's own, are not going to work properly
| with Windows Vista when the product ships.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=71
Vista Breaks Applications
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| The big secret at Redmond is that existing applications and new
| products will not work with Vista.
|
| Microsoft really doesn't want you to know this, but many of your
| existing applications won't work with Vista. In fact, some brand
| new products won't work with Vista.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2062318,00.asp
Forget about Zune in VIsta... until that gets/got fixed.
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2237
Lack of Internal Talks at Microsoft, Google
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| Maybe my "Microsoft's Entertainment Domination" theory was a bit
| premature. Apparently, the Zune MP3 player isn't flying off shelves
| and now it turns out that the Zune is incompatible with Microsoft'
| latest Windows Vista operating system. Amazing how a disconnect like
| this can occur within an organization. Software start-ups are taking
| advantage of the lowered development costs and the speedy development
| time -- and forcing large software organizations to speed up their
| own development cycles, but in the process, the large organizations
| are fumbling to communicate effectively amongst their departments.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/lack-of-internal-talks-at-microsoft-google/
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