3 year OS Cycle?

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Is Microsoft going back to a 3 year cycle for each new OS? I thought I
remember somewhere that was going to happen following the often delayed
release of Vista.
 
the new OS "vienna" will be released in 2 years....

Why? because Microsoft will suffer greatly from vista sales....
and they will have to shape up or ship out.
 
If that is the case, or even if it is three years, then that is still
within the life cycle of Windows XP and makes Vista an unnecessary
upgrade. I could get along just fine without Vista for another three years.
 
shhh ... don't say that publicly.... because you will be hunted down by the
vista fanatics in here....

For them a life without vista is not worth living.
 
Not a fanatic ... BUT ... In many respects Vista operates better on my
system than XP does.

Is Vista all that it was suppose to be ... no ... is any application all
that it was envisioned to be ... no.

If you don't like Vista, don't install it.
 
Microsoft has only said that they will not take five years between new
versions of Windows again. I have not seen any announcement that Vienna
will be out in two years after Vista general public availablity. The
current focus is to get Longhorn Server (aka Windows Server 2008) out in the
second half of 2007. I don't think they could produce the next client in
only a year after that. Two years would make more sense and I do expect
Vienna about three years after Vista. But no announcement of an rtm quarter
has been made to my knowledge.

The more interesting question to me is whether or not there will be a Vista
R2 a year after SP1. Server 2003 and other products have had R2 editions
now. The "R2" nomenclaure has replaced "SE" so if Win98 SE had come out
under the present nomenclature it would have been Win98 R2. XP SP2 would
have been XP R2 if it had not been primarily a security rewrite.
Apparently, MS wanted the security upgrades to be adopted widely and felt
that charging for an R2 edition would have discouraged that.
 
Colin said:
Microsoft has only said that they will not take five years between new
versions of Windows again. I have not seen any announcement that Vienna
will be out in two years after Vista general public availablity. The
current focus is to get Longhorn Server (aka Windows Server 2008) out in
the second half of 2007. I don't think they could produce the next
client in only a year after that.
Click to expand...

Sure they can; it will actually be Vista SE.

Alias
 
Vienna, or Blackcomb as it was formerly known, has been set to be
released by Microsoft between 2009 and 2012. They have not been more
specific than that. Since the home versions of Vista face end-of-support
in 2012, I am guessing that we will see a smaller update in about 2010
and it will probably be an update like 2000 -> XP was. - Not as big or
significant as 98 -> 2000, or XP -> Vista.

Regards,
Frantz Dhin
 
The closest official information that I could get is from here which is
based on
ZDNet UK interview with Microsoft server honcho Bob Muglia:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=171&tag=nl.e539

And I quote:
"Looking into the future, we will ship Longhorn (the next version of Windows
Server) in the second half of next year, and we will ship a 32-bit and a
64-bit version. That will be the last time we ship a 32-bit version. From
that point, the next release, which will be roughly two years later, that
product will only be available as 64-bit."

So, I guess 2 years + 2007 is how people come up with a 3 year cycle, but I
haven't noticed any other information indicating so.
 
Of course the product shipped roughly two years later that is referenced in
the quote is Server product. It is Server that will only be available as
64bit two years after Longhorn Server launch. Vienna is not being discussed
in the quote at all.

What is likely to happen two years after Longhorn Server launch is a release
of Longhorn Server R2. Longhorn Server SP2 (there will not be a Server SP1
for other reasons) could not be what is meant because a service pack cannot
be used to upgrade a 32bit release to 64bits (no way to apply the service
pack).
 
Yes, I noticed as you mentioned, but I wonder if people took it as a
"broader" implication or there are other sources of information.

I'm just providing the part that I know :)

Thanks for clarifications.
 
I look for Vienna in 2010 or a Vista R2 in 2009 and Vienna in 2011. Just
wild a** guessing. But hey, let's start our own rumors, eh? :)
 
How about this one? Vienna will support thought recognition. The "wtf"
filters require additional work, however.
 
OK, as always, putting something extra for rumors,

Vienna will need a 8+core CPU with 10G mini. memory for thought recognition
and instead of using mouse, you can use eye movements for moving cursor.
 
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