informationweek.com — Company CFO Chris Liddell says a slip in Vista's release to Q2 2007 would cost the company hundreds of millions, but it's unclear whether the estimated loss includes some of the planned sales and marketing money--estimated at $900 million total for fiscal 2007.
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judgefireJul 23, 2006
Hmm, he shouldn't be making remarks like that; to the panicky types it sounds almost like confirming a Q2 slip.
hostilefreakJul 23, 2006
I dont see how exactly it's gonna cost them anything. If anyone wants to buy it, (s)he will. Unless he is talking about those OEM black deals with DELL and etc..
rxbanditJul 24, 2006
Money in a bank is considered cash on the balance sheet.
etempestJul 24, 2006
@cquinndA lot of the "new" tech, was pulled in vistia leaving us with a new GUI, Direct X 10, some other stuff.. and much higher system requirements.
dubwaiJul 24, 2006
"What is taking Vista so long to be ready for prime-time anyway???"They still have a few more features left to cut.But seriously it's becasue they've been struggling to get it stable. They junked the first 2 years of development. With that many developers, it's very difficult to get things done.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2006
No, they don't have to wait to sell vista ready systems, but who the hell is going to buy a new system towards to end of this year if they know that a new OS is only a month or so around the corner and they'll have to pay an extra few hundred on top of their shiny new vista ready PC to get it!
phlogiston99Jul 24, 2006
Agreed. That ought to piss of OEMs even more. A lot of people are are starting to hold their breath for a new PCs. No sense in buying it now, Vista is juuuuust around the corner.They will probably pull up the old trick of OEM XP with a coupon for a Vista upgrade "when available" for at least the end of the year.Seeing how Microsoft had to scale back on the innovation in Vista (what's left? Aero?) it will make an even more lukewarm release (with SP1 trailing release by 4-8 weeks)
cquinndJul 25, 2006
Aero, a new driver model, a new security model, a better deployment and installation setup, DirectX 10, WinFX (now called .NET 3.0)...