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   XPost: alt.microsoft.crash.crash.crash, microsoft.windows.crash.crash.crash,   
   comp.sys.macintrash   
   From: derekcurrie@mac.com.invalid   
      
   New projected time of arrival: 2007   
      
      
   Hypothesis: M$ spies got a glimpse at the alpha version of Mac OS X 10.5   
   Leopard and freaked. Time to play catch up yet again.   
      
   (It is expected that Mac developers will receive the first official beta   
   of Leopard at the Apple World Wide Developer's Conference in August).   
      
      
   Actually, a more believable reason is that once again Microsoft   
   underestimated the difficulty in overhauling the legacy code in Windows.   
   Underestimating coding projects is by no means a new phenomenon. Check   
   out the book 'Mythical Man Month' referenced in my signature below for a   
   horrific example from back in the early 1970s at IBM.   
      
   My usual conclusion: We are still living in the stone age of computing.   
      
   Prediction: At this rate Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will be released before   
   Vista. But, it is entirely possible that M$ marketing are planning on   
   delaying Vista until they can release it neck and neck with MOSX   
   Leopard. Marketing Morons love nonsense like that.   
      
   --   
   Fortune Magazine, 11-29-05: What's your computer setup today?   
   Frederick Brooks: I happily use a Macintosh. It's not been equalled for ease   
   of use, and I want my computer to be a tool, not a challenge.   
      
   [Frederick Brooks is the author of 'The Mythical Man Month'. He spearheaded   
   the movement to modernize computer software engineering in 1975]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)