Hypesphere: Nothing to Gates' Windows 7 'Next Year' Quote

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 6th Apr 2008 20:56 UTC

"Reading the mainstream media this weekend, you'd believe that Bill Gates announced that Windows 7 will be released to retail in 2009. The only problem is, he didn't say anything of the sort. What Gates said merely confirmed what we've all known all along: that Windows 7 is being developed on a three-year timeframe."

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Comment by flanque

by flanque (3.92) on Sun 6th Apr 2008 21:17 UTC

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There's no news here. This is just a summary of Gates' comment and common sense. I'm a little suprised why this is considered news.

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RE: Comment by flanque

by Michael (4.16) on Sun 6th Apr 2008 22:40 UTC in reply to "Comment by flanque"

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It's based on the premise: if a misinterpretation of the quote is news, so must a correction of that misinterpretation.

Also, nothing else seems to have happened today.

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RE[2]: Comment by flanque

by flanque (3.92) on Mon 7th Apr 2008 02:35 UTC in reply to "RE: Comment by flanque"

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Well, Gates' hasn't clarified his comments, so I guess this is an interpreted correction to an misinterpretation? :-\

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RE: Comment by flanque

by sbergman27 (5) on Mon 7th Apr 2008 01:52 UTC in reply to "Comment by flanque"

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There's no news here. This is just a summary of Gates' comment and common sense. I'm a little suprised why this is considered news.

Where reactions to Gate's off-hand comments are involved, common sense *is* news. ;-)

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Definition of news

by Darkelve (3.12) on Mon 7th Apr 2008 05:51 UTC

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What is news is entirely subjective for a person.

It is much more predictable for a group. The fact that a lot of people would be interested in a certain kind of information makes it news. Well, that's how I like to look at it.

Edited 2008-04-07 05:53 UTC

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Seems as if???

by corbintechboy (2.25) on Mon 7th Apr 2008 07:41 UTC

RE: Seems as if???

by merkoth (3.6) on Mon 7th Apr 2008 13:11 UTC in reply to "Seems as if???"

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So what? Did WinME prevent anyone from purchasing the next Windows version? No, it didn't. All MS has to do is to release a new version an everyone will buy it. They always do.

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RE[2]: Seems as if???

by intangible (2.96) on Mon 7th Apr 2008 15:42 UTC in reply to "RE: Seems as if???"

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Maybe they can release multiple versions and artificially cripple all of them except the most expensive so a lot of people will end up having to buy multiple versions. Ooh ooh, maybe they can make it so the OEM versions are completely non-transferable.

Wait... something about that sounds familiar.

Edited 2008-04-07 15:42 UTC

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RE[2]: Seems as if???

by Sodapop (1.84) on Mon 7th Apr 2008 16:28 UTC in reply to "RE: Seems as if???"

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And that's unfortunate. By the way, can you tell me what OS is on these new computers that people buy?.

Oh yeah, Microsoft Windows!. How silly of me to forget that the Joe User doesn't have much of a choice. Unless he digs around, which is too bothersome for our friend Joe.

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