lol!!

>The company said that the application was not "at the quality level our customers >demand"

Since when did quality start being a concern to Microsoft? Maybe Vista will be good after all :)

Not to worry, I'm guessing they'll offer some sort of Sync in Vista final. Maybe they'll tailor activesync to sync not only between palmhelds and smartphones, but PC to PC as well.

wasn't "Briefcase" in Windows 95 supposed to be the answer for this requirement?

Isn't this the feature that bill Gates showed off at a keynote speech? He was like yeah, my work computer and my home pc and my cell phone are all sync'd together. So when I get home everything is all there for me. No need to transfer files manually. So if he showed it off there and it was working? Then why did they have it removed? I mean were they lying and it really wasn't working I take it, it was more of a proof of concept.

Owell, so when is aero glass going to be removed, I mean just get rid of that and we will have a rebranded xp with some very basic add ons working for us.

Microsoft Windows Vista = Windows XP + Patches

Vista will be to XP what Windows 98 was to Windows 95. Just a patched update with some bells and whistles.

Being an idiot doesn't make you right. :)

I'd explain, even prociding links to the massive amounts of improvements (And the fact that it's not even *based* on XP code), but calling you an idiot is about all I have time for right now.

Life must be rather blissful for you, you giant ignoramus.

Calling someone an idiot twice and a "giant ignoramus" is also wrong for many reasons, which I also lack the time to clarify, so I will simply call you an elitist snob and leave it at that. ;-)

Who's next? Anyone want to call me a sociopath (or your choice) for non-specified reasons due to lack of time? ;-)

Okay, started with "idiot" AND ended with "ignoramus." Now you been hangin' with rijp too much.

Vista is based on XP. They switched to XP instead of using Windows server 2003 a long while back.

I thought this was the case as well, but according to winsupersite.com it is the opposite. They started with xp sp2 code, but it was alike a house of cards. They restarted a few years ago with server 2003 code.

I will admit that vista isn't just xp with patches. I will however mention that the features Vista does implement have been "borrowed" from everyone else, including linux, mac os x, firefox and widgets apps. Name one feature in vista that is unique to the computer world that is brand new, nada. Every single new feature has been copied or borrowed in some way. Nothing is original, absolutely nothing.

Let's repeat yesterdays rant,

ie7, firefox with Microsoft name on it and their own "theme" added with active x support of course.

Media player 11, media player 10 with itunes features added and im sure some other poor third party vendor was involved in the ripping off process.

Security features- the enter admin password for changes to take effect feature. That sure does sound like linux doesn't it? Enter root password? Ok then point proved. This feature is so annoying, they are going have to put in a disable feature for it. Which everyone will use to turn it off so what was the point now?
Let's not forget the bought out company Giant for this product Windows Defender, that of course is bolted, to the os no getting rid of this bad boy. Good job Mic, I knew you were so unintelligent you couldn't invent or develop your own anti spy ware solution, even though you own the source code and have the actual engineers who invented it, some real geniuses working there no doubt. But not that it helps, you have to buy some small worthless company to weld yet another app to your kitchen sink OS.

The new 3d desktop with flashy icons, Umm MAC OS X anybody with a linux soft brushing effect on text. Oh yes this is the most original idea yet. How many patent lawsuits will this invoke, oh boy its going to be a long 10 years for microsoft legal department on this one, not that they aren't already operating at full capacity. I wonder how many companies are still in line waiting to sue? Who knows, moving along.

How many different versions are there, 6? My god man, why not just tell customers not to bother it would be easier, how the heck is that going to work with retailers? Customer says in a computer store "Excuse me sir this looks like the same exact computer, but its 200 dollars difference in price, why is that?" Store salesman "Well, see there are different versions of windows, this one has this lovely 3d interface and this one does not. Customer: That's weird, why would I want that for several hundred dollars more? Salesman "well it looks pretty". Customer: "ummm ill come back later , cause I don't know WTF is going on I think your trying to rip me off." Big boom is sales there, oh yes.

Oh yes Ms you have a real winner here. Why wouldn't you just roll the features into two versions, one for business that has all the extra crap stripped out, just xp with security enhancements and a consumer version with all the bells and whistles for a media center computer. Not to mention all the ease of use features that you are so well known for. My grandpa who is 93 will thank you for a wizard/tutorial for everything. But that's about it. He won't be able to do anything because a box keeps coming up that says he needs administrator approval, who is that? Anyway, like I said, good job.

Actually its quite simple, they began development of Longhorn after WinXP was released and naturally they used the latest code they had at the time which was WinXP (of course there was no service pack around at the time for it to be based off).

After they restarted development of the core in mid 2004 they used the latest code they had, which was the pre-release version of Windows Server 2003 R2 (which includes the changes made in WinXP SP2).

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"Being an idiot doesn't
make you right"

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And sucking Bill Gates' genitals DON'T make
Mr. PC_Tool right, either !

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The Computer Rodent

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Use "My Briefcase". :-)

There are freeware versions of this program that are better anyway.

Yeah, you brain-dead idiot dweebs!

Sorry, that comment just lacked your usual venom.

Sun has had this for ~5 years, they use it on every employee within their organization. Basically any employee can log into any sun workstation in and out of their company and they see exactly their desktop, all files available, instantly.

Yeah, windows has had this feature since Windows NT 3.51, its called "roaming profile".

Sun isn't synchronizing files, the profile takes with it settings and files stored on the server.

I like to use Symantec (formerly Powerquest) DiskCopy. That's one of best programs anyway.

Besides, how often are you going to synchronize data between machines?

This is not roaming profiles. Roaming profiles doesn't work reliably over LAN links, let alone WAN ones.

Amen Brother.

Whatever, maybe not in your environment.. Ours work fine, we have people 3,000 miles from our home office, we don't have any problems....

But even if its not roaming profiles in the Sun world, that's what it's CALLED in the Window's world, at least the way you explained it.. It synchronizes files between the server and client. Briefcase can synchronize, other ways this same function can be performed..

Maybe you didn't explain the Sun procedure enough to make the distinction, but Windows HAS the same functionality.

LOL@Microsux OS

No PC to PC sync? WTF?

That feature was due in XP and promised for Vista.

Guess we will have to wait another 6 years for the next Windows OS... ROTFLMAO

It wasn't due in XP. you need to quit making stuff up.

And maybe their PC to PC sync was another company's product, who could sue.. I think they are tired of getting sued.

wait, wait, wait. Are you tacitly admitting that Microspud steals other people's ideas and products rather than producing orginal software? Gawd all might damn, it's the end of the world. Considering that the Microspud empire is based on a spread sheet program that was orginally written for the Apple IIE, this quite a revelation.

The feature seems pretty cool, but it bugs me when I read BN's slant on it. YES, we know that features were cut from Vista. This happens a lot in software development to meet a beta/release schedule... I'd rather have features cut then have them put in and not be reliable or push-out the release date for a new OS that already has some dramatic new changes.... I'm sure the feature will be availalbe later. Just like WinFS and Monad... It seems totally acceptable, to me, to get subsequent features in an upcoming SP. So it's not in the release, is it /that/ big a deal?

Sometimes I think BN trivializes the amount of effort it takes to get an OS like Vista out the door considering the install base, usage models, and years of support Microsoft is ultimately responsible for...

Gunzip

Yeah, and I don't like it when ESPN says my team blew the game. That's life.

Exactly.

"I'm sure the feature will be availalbe later. Just like WinFS and Monad... It seems totally acceptable, to me, to get subsequent features in an upcoming SP. So it's not in the release, is it /that/ big a deal?"

No, and there are plenty of alternatives. how much is this feature actually utilized anyway?

You need to quit routing for Detroit and San Antonio. Maybe your problem is you are following the wrong team.

Routing?

He work at UPS, or something?

Maybe Cisco? :)

Gunzip

rooting, and / or cheering... better?

Nah. Liked it better the old way. Allowed me to post a comment pointing our your glaring humanity.

Gimme an M!
Gimme an A!
Gimme a V!
Gimme an S!

Gooooooooo MAVS!!!

I guaranteed,
That Rasheed,
Would not succeed,
And I was to be believed!

Gunzip I totally agree but I rather microsoft delay instead of cutting features. Cutting features still my 2nd choice if microsoft can't keeping taking these bashings from news sites.

there basically sayin: https://www.foldershare.com/

interesting...thanks.