__/ [ Tom Shelton ] on Friday 25 May 2007 06:40 \__
> On May 19, 7:53 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> __/ [ balanc...@xxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 17 May 2007 16:54 \__
>>
>> > Seeing how Windoze is becomming more and more of a bug and bloat
>> > laden, DRM
>> > ridden McPeice-of-crap, I won't be shedding any tears over this.
>>
>> >http://apcmag.com/6121/windows_server_gets_vista_version_itis
>> >http://slashdot.org/articles/07/05/17/1452228.shtml
>>
>> Update:
>>
>> This might have been inaccurate.
>> Seehttp://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=17938
>>
>> If Vista ever has a successor (that is workable), it won't necessarily be
>> 64 bit. They only spoke about servers and that's not going well, either.
>> They drop pretty much all the features and will just deliver a
>> resource-hogging GUI. They claim modularity, but since they won't reveal
>> the source code, it could be a marketing stunt. Server 2003 with a new
>> name... Server 2008... Vista, by the way, is the Server 2003 codebase plus
>> 6 months of development. Testing the thing for almost 9 months was no
>> enough because Vista was still in alpha state on RTM day. They redefined
>> RC and delivered a system that could, if it weren't for the EULA,
>> encourage lawsuits.
>>
>> --
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>>
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> The only thing they announced is that Windows Server 2008 will be the
> last 32-bit server OS to ship. From now on, all Windows Server
> products will be 64-bit only. They have made no such decision for the
> client side.
Indeed. I read about it last week. It would be surprising if they expected
Joe Blogg's desktop to suddently say goodbye to 32-bit executables. Servers
are a different matter.
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