CNet’s Ina Fried reports Microsoft has set an October 22 release date for Windows 7, their new operating system to replace the flawed and unpopular Windows Vista.
In an article earlier this year, Ina quoted Microsoft Senior Vice President Bill Veghte that Microsoft has learned important lessons from Vista.
One lesson they appear not to have learned is how multiple versions of the product confuses the marketplace and tarnishes their brand.
That we still have FIVE versions of the new system, and that they’ve locked themselves into a release date before the final Release Candidate version, doesn’t bode well for Windows 7.
As usual, the advice for most computer users will be to sit and wait until the first Service Pack is released. I wonder if Microsoft will repeat the bluff of claiming there will be no service pack which failed so dismally with Vista?
Let’s see if they’ve actually learned anything from the humiliation that was Vista.
Ha, I had forgotten about the “no service pack for Vista” claim. Thanks for the reminder.
Seriously, it seems to me that they have learnt some lessons from Vista. Win 7 does truly seem to be better in many ways. We shall see.