Intel rejects Vista, and will stay with XP and wait for windows7

Posted by Don McKenzie on June 26, 2008, 4:20 pm

Just picked up on this very interesting thread/message from:
sci.electronics.design

Cheers Don...

======================================================

Intel rejects Vista, will stay with XP and wait for windows7

The source?
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/intel-dumps-vista

The nytimes:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/et-tu-intel/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&scp=1-b&sq=intel&st=nyt

In German heise:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Intel-ruestet-nicht-auf-Windows-Vista-um--/meldung/110022

Hey, The Inquirer mentioned Linux!

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Posted by Mike H on June 26, 2008, 6:12 pm

Don McKenzie wrote:

> Just picked up on this very interesting thread/message from:
> sci.electronics.design
>
> Cheers Don...
>
> ======================================================
>
> Intel rejects Vista, will stay with XP and wait for windows7
>
> The source?
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/intel-dumps-vista
>
> The nytimes:
>

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/et-tu-intel/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&scp=1-b&sq=intel&st=nyt

>
>
> In German heise:
>

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Intel-ruestet-nicht-auf-Windows-Vista-um--/meldung/110022

>
>
> Hey, The Inquirer mentioned Linux!
>
>

Maybe Intel should help the ReactOS project along (the Open source XP
replacement)

http://www.reactos.org/

Posted by JeffM on June 26, 2008, 6:53 pm

>Don McKenzie wrote:

>>[...]
>>Intel rejects Vista, will stay with XP and wait for windows7

Mike H wrote:

>>The source?
>>http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/intel-dumps-vista
>>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/et-tu-intel/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&scp=1-b&sq=intel&st=nyt
>>http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Intel-ruestet-nicht-auf-Windows-Vista-um--/meldung/110022

>Maybe Intel should help the ReactOS project along
>(the Open source XP replacement)
>http://www.reactos.org/

...or follow the current leaders supporting more mature projects:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Asus+Linux
http://www.google.com/search?q=Picasa+Google.paid+Wine
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:slashdot.org+intitle:Wine-1.0

Posted by larwe on June 26, 2008, 8:38 pm

Don McKenzie wrote:

> Intel rejects Vista, will stay with XP and wait for windows7

If you remember, pretty much exactly the same thing happened:

- when Windows 95 replaced WFWG 3.11/MS-DOS 6.22 (but Intel eventually
upgraded)
- when Windows XP replaced Windows 2000 (but Intel eventually
upgraded)

The real issue is how long mfrs continue to ship WinXP drivers for new
hardware. IT departments don't like to support multiple OSes, they
enjoy standardization. The last of the Win2000 machines are (by and
large) replaced with XP machines now, so most of the PCs in the
corporate world are standardized. Any Vista machines added to that mix
are shunned aliens at the moment, but that will likely not last. My
employer, like most, has a "universal" license where they tell MS how
many PCs they have, and they can install whatever flavor of Windows
they choose on each of those PCs, and certain components of MS-Office,
and various other software.

Posted by Joerg on June 26, 2008, 8:46 pm

larwe wrote:

>
> Don McKenzie wrote:
>

>> Intel rejects Vista, will stay with XP and wait for windows7

>
> If you remember, pretty much exactly the same thing happened:
>
> - when Windows 95 replaced WFWG 3.11/MS-DOS 6.22 (but Intel eventually
> upgraded)
> - when Windows XP replaced Windows 2000 (but Intel eventually
> upgraded)
>
> The real issue is how long mfrs continue to ship WinXP drivers for new
> hardware. IT departments don't like to support multiple OSes, they
> enjoy standardization. The last of the Win2000 machines are (by and
> large) replaced with XP machines now, so most of the PCs in the
> corporate world are standardized. Any Vista machines added to that mix
> are shunned aliens at the moment, but that will likely not last. My
> employer, like most, has a "universal" license where they tell MS how
> many PCs they have, and they can install whatever flavor of Windows
> they choose on each of those PCs, and certain components of MS-Office,
> and various other software.
>

I went straight from DOS to NT, then XP. No Vista. Similar for some
companies here.

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