06.08.15
Vista 10 (aka Windows 10) is Just Vapourware
“Stewart Alsop, industry gadfly, presented Gates with the “Golden Vaporware” award”
–Barbarians Led by Bill Gates, a book composed
by the daughter of Microsoft’s PR mogul
Summary: Microsoft publicity stunts and paid-for coverage to appear and reappear more and more in the coming weeks
WITH only a couple of months or so left before the expected release of the latest malware bundle from Microsoft, we expect Microsoft to keep up the tradition of bribing journalists, bloggers etc. in order to 'plant' positive coverage in the media. Make no mistake; Microsoft PR agencies are definitely doing it and they want everyone to believe that the world will change after this release. Promises will be infinite (vapourware) and delivery will fail to meet expectations, as usual. Techrights does not wish to spend much time and effort writing about Vista 10 because the mere mention of it (especially now that Android is so dominant) helps Microsoft. We’ll just close with another memorable quote. █
“The purpose of announcing early like this is to freeze the market at the OEM and ISV level. In this respect it is JUST like the original Windows announcement…
“One might worry that this will help Sun because we will just have vaporware, that people will stop buying 486 machines, that we will have endorsed RISC but not delivered… So, Scott, do you really think you can fight that avalanche?”