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Microsoft's LAMP answer arrives in pieces

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 7 comments
Reg Developer; By Gavin Clarke
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Last summer, Microsoft said that February 27, 2008 would be the single biggest day of releases in its 30-year history, promising major updates to its server operating system, developer tools and database.

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Comments (7)

It wasn't so bad, or maybe I wasn't watching for it so much, but when Microsoft couldn't get VISTA shipped in time for Christmas, I knew something was really very wrong in Redmond.

Now, 6 months after the announcement, most of what they promised isn't ready yet.

Microsoft's undoing will be their own fault.
When have they ever delivered as promised, or hyped.
Well, they promised to bury netscape....
Ok let's rephrase the question- when have they ever delivered something good and constructive as promised? Or at all?

:)
Quoting:Well, they promised to bury netscape....


But even that wasn't a real success, like the phoenix Netscape arose again as a bigger better Mozilla and Firefox.
Quoting:like the phoenix Netscape arose again as a bigger better Mozilla and Firefox.


"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger"
Quoting:

And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.



from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15

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