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- chris9902, on 11/16/2007, -12/+41what a boring story. They moved it back 1 week. who cares.
- gcnaddict, on 11/16/2007, -0/+21Correction for chris9902: This conference was moved from the spring to the fall, not just one week.
The reason behind it is simple: they want more time to have Windows 7 concepts ready with hardware concepts from independent vendors to match. Microsoft's hardware and software developer conferences (WinHEC and PDC respectively) are where Microsoft shows off its latest technologies and concepts. - iamaelephant, on 11/17/2007, -2/+20Wow, this Digg anti-MS ***** is getting boring.
- estvir, on 11/16/2007, -6/+19Just shows how desperate the anti-MS morons are getting. I mean, they have like 15 years of mindless bashing under their belts yet you get morons like CyberPhoenix constantly saying "ILLEGAL MONOPOLY LOLOL" plus 1 or 2 other words which somehow relate to the story at hand.
They say Microsoft hasn't improved, they could at least improve their own stupid flaming. - d3dm, on 11/16/2007, -0/+12They didn't move it by one week - they moved it to the Fall. The article was trying to get the point across that IHVs will have a week in the Spring, that they would normally be at WinHEC, to do something else, since the conference won't be held in the Spring at all.
How did this crap make it to the front page? - umeshunni, on 11/17/2007, -0/+10About 10000 developers who build thousands of hardware devices and software that works with windows.
- colonelbuckshot, on 11/16/2007, -0/+7Because my dog is eating his biscuits.
- Kazbaeden, on 11/16/2007, -0/+7Wait, I'm confused.
"Windows hardware makers will get an extra week next spring to work on their products. Microsoft said Thursday that it is shifting the timing of its WinHEC conference--practically a spring ritual--to the fall."
So which is it? Did they move it a week or did they move it from spring to fall? - dezman2003, on 11/16/2007, -0/+7It's probably Steve Jobs...
- inactive, on 11/16/2007, -1/+6And if this was about Apple it would have got 3000+ diggs by now.
- squeezer, on 11/16/2007, -1/+5This IS a boring story, but you're wrong; They didn't move it back a week, they moved it about 6 months back to the fall.
- cquinnd, on 11/17/2007, -0/+4Businesses don't have morality, religions do. I think you want to question MS on their ethics; challenging them as immoral makes you sound like you're unfamiliar with the terms.
- FatShady, on 11/16/2007, -0/+4Is someone tickling you?
- Vector713, on 11/16/2007, -3/+6RTFA Douche!
- FatShady, on 11/17/2007, -3/+5What's the matter? Couldn't fit all of your wisdom into a single comment? It would be a lot easier for everyone if you could try to fit all of your stupidity into a single comment, dude. That way we'd only have to digg you down once.
- FatShady, on 11/16/2007, -2/+4That's *SO* clever! And so amazingly funny, too! OMG U R TEH FUNYIST!!
- inactive, on 11/17/2007, -1/+3Save it for your moveon.org rallies.
- lostpnoiboi, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2it's funny how apple fan boys make fun of MS, when MS owns a sum of shares of apple corp.
- avgbody, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2I found the profile of the writer more intersting to read:
"During her seven years at CNET News.com, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed genders once and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. These days most of her attention is focused on Microsoft. " - cquinnd, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1They may also want to avoid conflicts with companies getting up to speed with the new releases of Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio and other products to be released in the Spring.
- aduzik, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1I don't see how this is anti-MS. They're changing a longstanding tradition by holding WinHEC six months later than usual. Not a huge story, but hardly anti-MS.
- cquinnd, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1I think the sentence is talking about two different things at once.
WinHEC is a three day conference, put pretty much takes away a whole week of productive time if you count travel, hotel stays, and getting back into the work routine.
By moving the conference to the fall, the hardware makers (the ones who normally go to the conference) don't lose that week in May that can help them catch up on some summer product releases and prepare to attend the conference later on.
They don't gain or lose a week overall, this just changes the schedule for a week that was already going to be used for another purpose. - sirhomer, on 11/17/2007, -1/+2Yeah I thought it was pretty funny too.
- cquinnd, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1Nope.
http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007 ...
AFAIK, MS no longer owns any Apple stock. They do still have strategic agreements in place to protect both companies from possible lawsuits over patent and IP infringment, and to share some common technologies - avgbody, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1Ignore chesscat and sirhomer as they are trolls trying to start flamewars.
- shorn, on 11/17/2007, -1/+1No, but it is funny how MS sycophants equate stock ownership with 'pwnership'.
- cuppett, on 11/17/2007, -1/+1They had to move it back 6 months to give hardware makers time to release hardware fast enough to run their new operating system optimally so that there is actually something to talk about.
- sirhomer, on 11/17/2007, -6/+6Does supporting a immoral and illegal monopolist for hours a day get boring?
- Giga, on 11/17/2007, -1/+0Apparently someone hasn't heard of Windows ME.
- Deived, on 11/17/2007, -5/+4Vista = garbage
Vista is the only Win OS that I know of that has more people switch to Vista, then back to XP (at least with the people that I know).
I however, switched to Ubuntu Linux, and have been just fine. My friends are a little upset about that. :) - shorn, on 11/17/2007, -2/+1What are you saying, that people who see MS as a bloated useless money-suck machine are also smart about their politics? Oh, that's harsh! Save your false sense of supremacy for your neocon rallies. Oh, wait. There aren't any of those. Wonder why?
- cquinnd, on 11/17/2007, -2/+1You must have never used XP in its first year either.
If your "friends" are upset about your choice of OS, then you need to seek new friends... ones who have more to do with their own lives. - chesscat, on 11/17/2007, -2/+1Agree 100 percent.
- inactive, on 11/16/2007, -6/+5You really should start thinking about seeking professional help.
- inactive, on 11/17/2007, -4/+2Being anti-***** is not the same as being pro-Microsoft.
- RoamShell, on 11/16/2007, -6/+4Agreed chris 9902. Buried article and dugg you up.
- daftman, on 11/18/2007, -3/+1But in your case, you're both pro-***** and pro-Microsoft.
- sirhomer, on 11/17/2007, -5/+2Wouldn't be surprised.
- joerod, on 11/16/2007, -8/+2more time to work on their software
- sirhomer, on 11/17/2007, -8/+2No I think we need more, way more. Needs burning effigy and riots!
- chesscat, on 11/17/2007, -7/+0thanks for advice. i just dugg you down again.
- chesscat, on 11/17/2007, -11/+1What if Microsoft threw a hardware conference and no one showed up?
- chesscat, on 11/16/2007, -15/+1Reason: Nobody signed up.
- inactive, on 11/16/2007, -17/+1how can do that????????????????
- JakePM, on 11/16/2007, -18/+1Reason Why: Windows SUCKS. they are waiting for their "Task Manager" to "End Process". Screw em!
- JakePM, on 11/16/2007, -20/+1Who goes to a Windows conference? That must be a fun bar scene and great after parties. No really, I mean it.
- inactive, on 11/16/2007, -31/+4HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
- inactive, on 11/16/2007, -38/+5The Windows hardware conference must be filled with super computers to run that Vista garbage.
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