Vista 8 Reality Log
From Techrights
Vista 8 -- like its predecessors Windows Vista and Vista 7 -- relies a great deal on marketing and hype, even before its conception. The vapourware tactics are outlined below.
[edit] 2011
- Next Windows Becomes a Mess to Developers (ISVs) and OEMs
- Vista 8 Bribes (5,000 ‘Free’ Tablets) Are Already Dumped for Cash
- Tomorrow’s Windows is Yesterday’s Computing, a GNU/Linux Catchup Job
- “Windows 8 Sounds Like It’s Basically Windows Phone 7 on a PC”
- There is No Windows 8, It is Vista With New Tweaks
- The ‘Upgrade’ Will Fix Everything™, Says Microsoft
[edit] 2010
- Next Windows Release is Windows 6.2 (Vista is 6.0)
- Microsoft Windows Weakness on Desktops and Phones
- Signs of Defeat: Microsoft Speaks About Invisible Windows, Not Existing Products
- Users of Microsoft Office 2010 Hate It, OpenOffice.org is Loved, Vista 7 is a ‘Meh’ (see bottom parts)
- Microsoft Keeps Losing Market Share to Google, Goes Aggressive, Discriminates Against GNU/Linux, and Grabs People’s Healthcare System (as above)
- John Dvorak: Vista 7 Was “a Face-saving Vista Re-do” (contains a blurb about seemingly-fake "leaks")
- Intel Unhappy With Failed Migration to Vista 7, Radical Microsoft Spin Begins
- Please Don’t Compare Microsoft Vapourware to Today’s GNU/Linux
- Latest Deception for Internet Explorer 8 and Vista 8
- Windows ‘Battery Killer’ (Vista 7) Also Has USB Data Transfer Issues and Stability Problems, Does Not Sell Well (fake "leaks" about Vista 8)
- Microsoft is Lying About Vista 7 Sales, Bloat ("In order to give the impression that Vista 8 is just around the corner, Microsoft is creating some new buzz and dates are named")
- The Register Gloats About Microsoft Vapourware and Daemonises the Victim Red Hat, Which Microsoft/Novell Are Assaulting
- Deceptive Vista 7 Advertising, Neglect, Bugs, and More Security Problems
[edit] 2009
- Vista 7 Limitations, Compatibility Issues, and Hype from the Microsoft Ecosystem (latter parts are about "8")
- IDC Speculation That Vista 7 is Last PC Operating System from Microsoft, Windows Mobile 7 Already Slips
- Microsoft Press Deceives the Masses About Windows (see bottom part for examples)
- Vapourware After Vista 7 (Vista 8) Starts Much Earlier Than Vapourware After Vista (Vista 7)
- Microsoft Windows Advertising Goes Too Far, Parents Television Council Complains (Microsoft publicly talks/writes about Vista 8)
- Confirmed: Vista 7 Fails to Sell PCs, Mostly Replaces Vista (More Vista 8 Hype)
- Microsoft to Developers/Self: Forget About Vista 7, Let’s Spread Vista 8 Vapourware?
- Microsoft Analysts Mock Free Software and Praise Vista 7 (Vista 8 mentioned at the bottom)
- Microsoft Cheats at Vista 7 ‘Speed’, Uses New Vapourware (Vista 8)
- If Vista 7 is Wonderful Like Microsoft Claims, Then Why is Vista 8 Vapourware Already Surfacing?
- Microsoft Has Already Moved on to Vista 8 Vapourware
- Why Microsoft Already Knows That Vista 7 Will Fail
