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Originally posted by Animal
whats the point, to fix Bugs up from Vista an get an earlier windows product out before there usual 5 year release
Normally Microsoft doesn't wait 5 year to bring out a new version of Windows.
Win 1.0: 1985
Win 2.0: 1987
Win 3.0: 1990
Win 3.1x: released from 1992 to 1994 (different versions)
Win 95: 1995
Win 98: 1998
Win 2k: 2000
Win ME: 2000
Win XP: 2001
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Originally posted by [MR
]wtf kind of a name is windows Vienna? where did they get the name from vienna sausages?
Whistler and Blackcomb were names of 2 ski resorts. Longhorn is the name of a bar in between those 2. Vienna comes from the capital of Austria.
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Originally posted by John Anderton
Then it was later called "Whistler" At first it was Longhorn
Longhorn never was a codename for Windows XP. Whistler was the only one. Longhorn has always been the codename of the successor of Windows XP.
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Originally posted by Fukafly
whats the expected life of vista then 
as i was looking to get it
Don't expect Vienna to be ready before 2010 or so. They just have a new codename but there isn't much work done on it yet as most of the programmers are working on Vista. Besides, no one forces you to go buy Vienna when it comes out and you already have Vista
.
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Originally posted by Animal
Microsoft To Skip Vista Beta 2
they're not gonna bring a build out labeled Beta 2. They'll just keep on bringing out CTP's. So basically there's not much of a difference. Too bad they're dropping a bit of the Virtual folders (like so many things
).
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for once Eljay is correct 
