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   From: fibercut@nospam.com   
      
   On 2006-05-24 17:56:16 -0400, Derek Currie  said:   
      
   > A few Microsoft stories, along with comments.   
   >   
   >   
   > 1) Microsoft Tells Contractors To Take Seven Days Off, Without Pay   
   >   
   > Microsoft has dumped ~1,000 technology contractors in an effort to save   
   > their bottom line for the current quarter as well as their fiscal year,   
   > which ends June 30th.   
   >   
   > Some contract, eh?   
   >   
   > I believe this points out the poor management still going on at MS.   
   > They are clearly at a point in time when they are desperate to get   
   > Vista, Vista Server and Office 2007 out the door ASAP and they cut   
   > their staff for a week. Stockholders are already ticked off after the   
   > recent loss of 12% of stock value, so they must really be griping at   
   > this point.   
   >   
   >   
   > 2) Bill Gates Presents Vista Beta Disks Plaque To Chevron   
   >   
   > At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2006, Bill Gates,   
   > Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft, presented a plaque   
   > containing the first three beta disks of Vista, Vista Server and MS   
   > Office to Alan Nunns, General Manager of Global Technology and Strategy   
   > of Chevron Inc.   
   >   
   > Gee whiz. Such a gift. Buggy, poorly received Vista and Office beta 1   
   > CDs stuck on a piece of wood. I want one. Not. I have no idea what this   
   > generous presentation was supposed to be about. I'd either be insulted,   
   > or I'd roll a trash bin on stage where I can toss the plaque, after of   
   > course a hearty handshake with Big Brother Bill.   
   >   
   >   
   > 3) Microsoft Announce Plans To Help Businesses Determine Vista Compatibility   
   >   
   > Also at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2006, MS announced   
   > a plan to help businesses determine whether hardware they buy between   
   > now and the release of Vista will be compatible with the new operating   
   > system.   
   >   
   > OK. That says there is going to be PC hardware available into the   
   > future that is NOT Vista compatible. That is not encouraging. I have   
   > read some posts by wintrolls blethering on about how their PC from 3   
   > years ago will be Vista compatible. Apparently not. Certainly, from   
   > what I have read about the graphics hardware requirements for DirectX   
   > 10, there are going to be a lot of sub-par video cards shipped in PCs.   
   >   
   > There are also complaints coming out of Windows analyst reviews of   
   > Vista that the current Windows limitation of 2 GB installed RAM is   
   > wholly inadequate thanks to increased memory requirements of the new OS   
   > for optimum speed.   
      
   You missed the article "Ballmer: Vista Launch Could Slip Further" on the 24th.   
   http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060524/tc_pcworld/125854   
      
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