Comments on: Vista SP1 Download Not Coming this Week

By: Window-7 (Microsoft New Operating System) « Visions Of Life

Window-7 (Microsoft New Operating System) « Visions Of Life — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:18:45 +0000

[...] Microsoft even announced the general timeframe is nothing short of shocking though, especially with how secretive they have been regarding Vista SP1. The announcement of the Windows 7 release date came at the MGX 2008 conference, where Bill Gates [...]

By: CoryC

CoryC — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:15:10 +0000

Ryan wrote:

The only thing I can think of where Microsoft said something was coming, and then didn’t deliver was the new file system, WinFS, in Vista. They said that it will be shipping as an add-on sometime after Vista made it out the door, but we haven’t heard anything about that.

That’s my point, they didn’t didn’t give a specific ship date. Only that it would ship after Vista.

That have been working on something and it hasn’t been Vista Ultimate Extras. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it ship with Vista SP 1.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:38:50 +0000

The only thing I can think of where Microsoft said something was coming, and then didn’t deliver was the new file system, WinFS, in Vista. They said that it will be shipping as an add-on sometime after Vista made it out the door, but we haven’t heard anything about that.

By: CoryC

CoryC — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:00:40 +0000

Tinhed wrote:

Trust Microsoft not to deliver on their promises.

There are few example where Microsoft has made a promise (”we will do….”) to their customers and not followed through with it. They are usually very careful about the statements they make so they don’t have to back down from them.

In fact, I can’t think of a single example where they have said one thing and then without due reason (oops we’re being sued) not followed through.

By: Tinhed

Tinhed — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:35:03 +0000

Trust Microsoft not to deliver on their promises.

By: The Slasher

The Slasher — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:47:53 +0000

Ryan wrote:

Yeah, I guess I see your point of view. After writing this it made me wonder if we were ever going to see the WinFS add-on the Microsoft said it would ship sometime after Vista was released. It was originally supposed to be included, but that didn’t happen.

WinFS?

Vapourware.

By: CoryC

CoryC — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:50:23 +0000

Microsoft is in no way obligated to tell the public when the next beta release will be made to a limited amount of testers. They should keep updates to products under wraps so they don’t make promises that they aren’t able to keep. It’s simply too early to predict when all the planned fixes will be complete. Putting a public deadline on it this early puts too much pressure to meet those deadlines and threatens the quality of the release.

Keep in mind that the service pack will address many of the bugs that already have been patched.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:11:56 +0000

Yeah, I guess I see your point of view. After writing this it made me wonder if we were ever going to see the WinFS add-on the Microsoft said it would ship sometime after Vista was released. It was originally supposed to be included, but that didn’t happen.

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:09:29 +0000

I think not telling people about a new product is always a good idea, as it stops them expecting the wrong thing and puts less stress on development time. However once people have a product, they like to know what the next update will be about and when they will get it. So hiding details about upgrades in SP1 is a bad idea. If they have a brand new feature, go ahead and keep it underwraps.