Microsoft Delays Windows Server 2008
Posted by Bezhou Feng on 29 August 2007 - 23:38 · 15 comments & 5596 views
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#2 Posted by RAID 0 on 30 Aug 2007 - 00:03
- I'd rather wait, and have the software WORK right out of the gate, then have MS release it early and have problems.
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#3 Posted by Ogmius on 30 Aug 2007 - 00:06
- yah last thing we need is Vista server
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#3.1 Posted by kaiwai on 30 Aug 2007 - 01:21
- Quote - (Ogmius said @ #3)yah last thing we need is Vista server
<snipped> It isn't Vista server. <snipped>
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#3.2 Posted by
neufuse on 30 Aug 2007 - 02:26
- Quote - (kaiwai said @ #3.1)Quote - (Ogmius said @ #3)yah last thing we need is Vista server
<snipped> It isn't Vista server. <snipped>
Actaully it is Vista server... it is vista with a new kernel... and the eye candy removed... If you'd actaully of used it you would know that. And please watch your attitued towards others -
#3.3 Posted by kaiwai on 30 Aug 2007 - 08:27
- Quote - (neufuse said @ #3.2)Quote - (kaiwai said @ #3.1)Quote - (Ogmius said @ #3)yah last thing we need is Vista server
<snipped> It isn't Vista server. <snipped>
Actaully it is Vista server... it is vista with a new kernel... and the eye candy removed... If you'd actaully of used it you would know that. And please watch your attitued towards others
1) I attacked him before of his in accurate information whcih was blatent flame bait. Yes, what I said was completely unacceptable but at the same time the individual in question needs to learn how not to use facturally inaccurate information to provoke a response.
2) It isn't Windows Vista kernel. Windows Vista branced off and Windows 2008 continued the developing. This code will then be released as Windows 2008. It isn't just Windows Vista + Server components.
The first poster tried to make out that NOTHING was developed and it is merely Vista with server components of which it is not. It would be as stupid as saying that Windows Vista was based of Windows XP SP2 when it is well and truly known that Windows Vista was based off Windows 2003 SP1.
Again, I stress - what I said was unacceptable, but at the same time I think that those who do respond need to stop making stupid comments that are not grounded in reality. -
#3.4 Posted by EJocys on 30 Aug 2007 - 14:28
- Quote - (kaiwai said @ #3.3)2) It isn't Windows Vista kernel. Windows Vista branced off and Windows 2008 continued the developing. This code will then be released as Windows 2008. It isn't just Windows Vista + Server components.
Yes it is. Windows 2008 = Vista SP1 + Server components. Just as Windows 2003 = Windows XP SP1 + Server Components. Very small difference in main source code doesn't make it different OS. Microsoft would be plain stupid and inefficient if it was otherwise. Main goal of productivity is to share as much code as possible. Haven't you've noticed that if MS OS bug is found then there is nearly 100% chance that same bug will affect both "Windows XP SP(N+1)" and "Windows 2003 SP(N)". -
#3.5 Posted by Ogmius on 30 Aug 2007 - 17:11
- And for all that, the joke was really just that we dont need another OS released before its time (Especially a server environment)
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#4 Posted by MioTheGreat on 30 Aug 2007 - 00:52
- Weird. It seems so stable as is.
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#4.1 Posted by kaiwai on 30 Aug 2007 - 01:20
- Quote - (MioTheGreat said @ #4)Weird. It seems so stable as is.
I'd say they've probably come accross some issues when stress testing it, along with vendors noticing issues when certain combinations of hardware and software are used. Its difficult to test things because what might be stable on one machine causes crashes on another.
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#5 Posted by gonzoislost on 30 Aug 2007 - 04:39
- this is not vista server, and u watch ur "attitued" towards others.
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#6 Posted by pjak on 30 Aug 2007 - 15:58
- not a surprise - also this delay will only make SP1 for Vista better (see this overview document for more)...
The delay cannot come as much of a surprise to customers and partners, who have watched the Redmond, Wash., giant stumble out of the gate with new product introductions, most recently Vista. However, the delay also affects Microsoft's Viridian hypervisor, which Microsoft previously said would ship 180 days after Windows Server 2008. This delay further pushes the introduction of this crucial piece of technology until the end of 2008 or even 2009, noted John Abbott, an analyst with the 451Group, based in London. Hypervisor virtualization technology within Windows Server 2008 will give Microsoft a big advantage—when it arrives. "If this is embedded in the core infrastructure, it would be harder for a competitor like VMware to get in there," said Abbott. However, according to the analyst, this delay gives VMware, based in Palo Alto, Calif., "another six months to consolidate its already huge market lead" in the virtualization space.