[Pc_Support] Blackcomb--er, Vienna, proof the death of Cairo--er, Longhorn, is now complete ...

[William A. Mahaffey III]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>No sir, we're not talking about "Longhorn" anymore.  It's now here!
>We're only talking about Vista.  "Longhorn" R&D is not worth talking
>about anymore, we're delivering you a great OS!  It's more secure, boots
>5% faster on average and even better!  "WinFX technologies"?  Oh, yeah,
>well, don't worry about those, we're adding them later.
>
>Oh, you still want WinFX?  Vista is great!  Isn't Vista great?  Yeah,
>oh ... when were we going to add them?  Well, truth is, we've already
>decided to add them to the next release of Windows.
>
>"Vienna" will add WinFX, MONAD and other true .NET security with
>authentication and certificates and all those wipper-snappier
>technologies!  Vista is great!  Isn't Vista great?  And if Vista is
>great, won't "Vienna" be even better?!
>
>All those neato WinFX technologies, they're going to be in "Vienna."
>Yes sir, a true .NET platform, that's "Vienna"!  We're going to add them
>to Vienna.  We want to do it right.
>
>Isn't Vista great?  It's almost here!  And if you think Vista is cool,
>you're going to love "Vienna!"  We're making it true .NET, adding a new
>filesystem, a new execution environment and a total security overall --
>all true .NET!  Yes sir!  "Vienna" is the future!
>
>Wouldn't you like a brand new filesystem?  How about a UNIX-like
>security model with a true, protected scripting environment?  And what
>about full certificate-based authentication and encryption, for all
>services?  Yep, that's "Vienna"!  We've been working on it for years,
>and it's coming!
>
>Until then, Vista is more secure!  It's great!  We can't do everything,
>but it's going to be more secure!  We've improved Win32 and improved MS
>IE!  And there's a new version of MS Office!  Totally written for and
>native to only Vista!  But we realize not everyone is moving to Vista,
>so we made it so MS Office can run on Windows 2000SP3 and later too!  We
>give you better security but the ability to run old apps!  Isn't Vista
>great?
>
>And if you think Vista, the new Office and IE 7 is cool, you'll love
>"Vienna."  It's going to be .NET, a new security model, a new filesystem
>with SQL and a new, protected scripting environment far more security
>than UNIX, and everything will be authenticated, encrypted, signed and
>viruses and spyware completely eliminated!  Yes, "Vienna" is everything!
>
>Until then, isn't Vista great?!  We spent 5 years working on it after
>Windows XP and added ... well, lots of stuff!  And if you think that new
>stuff is cool, wait until our next Windows OS, "Vienna."  Native .NET,
>full security model, SQL-based filesystem ... and more!
>
>JUST FSCKING CALL IT WHAT IT WAS ... "BLACKCOMB"!
>
>YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE PROMISED NT 4.0 CAIRO IMPROVEMENTS THAT *NEVER* WENT
>INTO NT 4.0, THEN WERE PUSHED BACK AS "CARIO TECHNOLOGIES" TO BE
>RELEASED AFTER NT 4.0'S RELEASE BUT WERE *NEVER* RELEASED BECAUSE YOU
>SAID THEY WERE GOING INTO NT "BLACKCOMB" WHICH *SILENTLY*DIED* 10 YEARS
>AGO!
>
>Sorry.  Had to get that out.  This is the climax people.
>
>"LONGHORN" IS OFFICIALLY AND HUGELY *FSCKING*VAPORWARE*!  Not only is
>"WinFX" *DEAD* as far as NT 6.0 "Longhorn" Vista and Vista Server go,
>Microsoft has basically now said that all those "technologies" are going
>into "Vienna" the successor to "Longhorn"/Vista.
>
>They talking about Vienna in 2006, before NT 6.0 "Longhorn" is released
>in 2007 with *NOTHING* as promised but a bloated, slow and incomplete
>GUI that caused most of us to rush out and get new video cards.
>
>I heard the name "Blackcomb" in 1996 -- 10 years ago! -- before NT 4.0
>"Cario" was released in 1997 with *NOTHING* as promised but a bloated,
>slow and incomplete GUI that will cause most of us to rush out and get
>new video cards.
>
>Now they are saying "Blackcomb" is "Vienna" -- among other codenames. 
>
>They are acting like it's "newer" when it was designed supposed to be
>the "peer" to "Whistler"!  "Whistler" was supposed an improved version
>of "Blackcomb" for consumers -- and the codename re-used Windows XP
>development with _none_ of the "Cario technologies" now designated for
>"Blackcomb" as originally promised.
>
>And everything AND I MEAN EVERYTHING WAS *LEFT* AND *SILENTLY*DIED* or
>"oh, well, we got this (major substandard of originally promised
>solution) working!  From "yeah, it'll be in Cario" to "yeah, it'll be
>added later as 'Cario Technologies'" to "oh, we're not adding them after
>to Cairo, we're going to put them in the next release 'Blackcomb' and
>then 'Whistler'."
>
>100%, absolute *REPEAT*OF*HISTORY* 10 YEARS AFTER CARIO!
>
>This is the death knell.  *NOTHING* will actually be released.  WinFX
>Technologies are *DEAD*!  They are already acting like they didn't
>promise them for Longhorn, and that Vienna is where they planned them
>all along.
>
>GOD I MUST BE TOO STUPID FOR THE IT INDUSTRY!
>  
>

There, feel better now :-) ?


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	William A. Mahaffey III

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