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Story: Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008
Posted by: PatriotB (Saturday 12 November 2005, 5:49 AM)
Joe S. -- you DO realize that NONE of the Windows versions are "rewritten from scratch"? Each new version starts off as the previous version, then they make changes to it.
2003 was NOT "written from the ground up", it was simply a new branch of the NT codebase. Yes, they did many stability and security related changes in it. But they didn't start over by any means.
In software engineering, you don't write each new version from scratch. That would introduce so many more bugs and incompatibilities. You start with something that's been worked on and tuned for years (development of NT started around 1989) and that has had countless bugs already worked out.
I do agree with your main point, though; Vista isn't a super-patched version of XP. XP is NT 5.1, 2003 is NT 5.2, and Vista is NT 6.0. So you'd exepct it to have a lot of new and improved stuff, which it does. People who think it's just XP SP3 or XP with a new face are quite wrong.
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Ignore Vista completly. Thats my advice. Vista req... Magnus Grander -
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Yeah, because in all offices, the software th... Kurt Christ
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"Don't give me any arguments about how f... Elisabeth Friis
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Vista is a good work. kholk
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From those who have watched Windows users twist in... Mac User - X-Windows Drone
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I think that Vista will be to XP what ME was... Dilbert
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abandon one tyrannical company for another, v... bah
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One thing is for sure. Vista will look a lot prett... gorbel
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Ignorance is bliss Windows Fan Boy!
I'm sitti... Ben Der
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"Your stuck sucking on viruses, worms, s... Anonymous
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"One thing is for sure. Vista will look a lot... Don B
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Windows does not support most of the hardware... Mirza Borogovac
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Yes I am always amazed when reinsta... Anonymous
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"Install XP from sratch...Everytime... Anonymous
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Here's what's funny. Win NT was originally design... tm2b
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Vista isn't simply a super-patched version of... Joe S.
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Has Gartner used the beta for VIsta? the... Chris Ashtear
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Joe S. -- you DO realize that NONE of t... PatriotB -
Dump Windows ?? kidding right ? umair
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I heard about Vista requiring a mon... sb
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What inspired the new GUI for... Anonymous
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The HDMI requirement, AFAIK, i... David Wright
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DRM Monitor?? huh? kholk
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On the other hand Dave Cutler wanted a comman... Drew
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Make that 2010. Given Vista 1,2 and 3. Excluding t... Arthur B.
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Get SUSE instead of "upgrading" to Vista. Anonymous
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Patriot: You DO realize that Vista is built from s... Harijs G.
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Harijs G. - show us ONE piece of evidence tha... PatriotB
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The only OS built from scratch from MS i... Dilbert
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Vista is indeed based on WindowsNT Server 5.2. The... David Goodwin
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I've read all your posts with great interest.... Anonymous
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No programmer should ever be let near th... Jon
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You guys are barking at the wrong tree.
Gartner is... C-Fu
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People that want to wait for Vista because of some... Arthur B.
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Isn't the next version of Mac OS going to be... Caped Crusader
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There is only one reason to use Linux: F... Anonymous
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Freedom to pick up and SDK and try... Anonymous
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couldn't agree more... Heck I tell clients this A... William Wheeler
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