A source close to Microsoft has confirmed to me that Windows Vista will in fact carry the build number 6.0.6000. He found this out by receiving a mail with the build stamp "Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16384" so that ends that speculation.
Also the MSDN subscription page has been updated with the following information
Update: Several key Microsoft employees has firmly stated that Vista has not been released to manufacturing. The day might be soon, but is certainly not today, or tomorrow. There’s still a bit more work to do. Build 6000.16384 is real, but it also doesn’t mean RTM. These days, Microsoft doesn’t have to increase the major version number when building, so theoretically, any sub-set of build 6000 (6000.16385, 16386, etc...) can be RTM.
Also the MSDN subscription page has been updated with the following information
Windows Vista and Office 2007: Availability on MSDN Subscriber DownloadsLooks like we'll be seeing this appear soon.
Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be available through MSDN Subscriber downloads within 7 days of release to manufacture (RTM). MSDN Subscriptions is committed to making new content available to our subscribers as soon as is practical.
Update: Several key Microsoft employees has firmly stated that Vista has not been released to manufacturing. The day might be soon, but is certainly not today, or tomorrow. There’s still a bit more work to do. Build 6000.16384 is real, but it also doesn’t mean RTM. These days, Microsoft doesn’t have to increase the major version number when building, so theoretically, any sub-set of build 6000 (6000.16385, 16386, etc...) can be RTM.
Confirmed as untrue.
You have too much faith in Microsoft's quality control procedures.
really looking forward to Office 2007, too! Score!
*pets his MSDN subscriber card*
Last edited by Rob on 31 Oct 2006 - 12:06
I am a JavaEE developer, and on each change on the app, I use the Ant-Build of Eclipse, and it takes 5-8 minutes to produce a build of all files in the main project, do MS make the same thing? i.e. the main developer will get all patches from a SourceSafe, and select (Project->Build) and after few hours he gets a complete copy of Vista in a folder.
How does the version of windows mail effect the version number of Windows Vista?
thanks for your comment
Ask yourself this, after you have already put a copy of your software on every PC on earth, how do you continue to increase revenue? You either charge more for it, create a new market (PDAs, mp3 players, XBOXes), or make more and more restrictive licensing which forces each user to buy multiple copies. Or do all of the above.
Anyways they suck.
blah blah hurr hurr
Better yet, Call me when there are drivers for all my hardware that work correctly.
Linux is a great os, but without Developers making games/drivers and other things for it, it just wont do. I'll line bill gates pockets if it means i can do what i want with my pc when i want.
XP and Vista both support WPA -- all I need to do is type in my SSID and passphrase. That's the most configuration I want to do (although I do find Vista's multitude of networking dialogs overbearing and confusing at times)
And WINE is not sufficient for gaming, but my computers all suck, so that's why I have a 360
/me says in idiot tech guy with long hair and goatee, who still lives in his moms basement "OMGZ I WILL NOT BE USING THIS TILL AT LEAST SERVICE PACK 8"
/me says in idiot tech guy with long hair and goatee, who still lives in his moms basement "OMGZ I WILL NOT BE USING THIS TILL AT LEAST SERVICE PACK 8"
if you really looks and lives like that, dude, you must ask to your mom brough to you vista ultimate and install, RIGHT NOWz
/me says in idiot tech guy with long hair and goatee, who still lives in his moms basement "OMGZ I WILL NOT BE USING THIS TILL AT LEAST SERVICE PACK 8"
You've already proclaimed yourself an idiot, so I don't have to add a witty riposte.
I'm guessing their build number naming standards are similar to this:
<version_of_windows>.<service_pack>.<build_number>.<feature_set>
The number 16384 is really just 1.0 as a Fract.
A Fract is a 2-bit signed integer plus a 30-bit fraction.
i'm waiting...
I'd have preferred the software to have been more exciting and the price to have been more attractive.
But who am I to gripe? I'm just the consumer...ahem.
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