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DB7 · April 14th, 2008

Microsoft's problem is that they left Windows XP in the market for too long before releasing Vista (which isn't as bad as people make out).

The gap between XP's release and Vista is the longest time they have ever gone without releasing an operating system at six years, they've given Windows XP too long a time to become embedded and most of the flaws have become ironed out or gotten used to.

I wonder if Vista would be getting so much flak if Microsoft had released a bastard child upgrade of XP onto the market to fill the gap, just like they did with releasing Windows ME (which was basically just Windows 98 3rd Edition).

April 14th, 2008	#12 (permalink)
DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 990	Microsoft's problem is that they left Windows XP in the market for too long before releasing Vista (which isn't as bad as people make out). The gap between XP's release and Vista is the longest time they have ever gone without releasing an operating system at six years, they've given Windows XP too long a time to become embedded and most of the flaws have become ironed out or gotten used to. I wonder if Vista would be getting so much flak if Microsoft had released a bastard child upgrade of XP onto the market to fill the gap, just like they did with releasing Windows ME (which was basically just Windows 98 3rd Edition). __________________ An optimist believes we live in the best possible world A pessimist fears that is true. A pessimist is never disappointed.