From: <hms2103@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:43:41 -0500

Re: [CPC] MS to rewrite 60% of Vista code, Intel to delay too

Kenny (and classmates),

Yes, it is true that Vista Enterprise is only available to
businesses that purchase a volume license. Otherwise they have to
get Business or Ultimate.

For anyone who's interested there will be 6(!) exciting versions of
Vista: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, and
Enterprise.

Well, actually there will be 8 versions, because they are also going
to release Home Basic N and Business N for the European market (in
order to comply with a European antitrust ruling, these versions
won't include a bundled Windows Media Player)

So I hope that clears things up! :-)

But if anyone is dying to learn more, you can read these articles:

Scott Finnie, Vista Delays And Multiple Versions: Cut Through The
Confusion, Information Week, March 22, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/zemgu

Paul Thurott's SuperSite for Windows, Windows Vista Product Editions
Preview
http://tinyurl.com/dp8ox


-Heather







Quoting Kenneth Canfield <ksc2103@columbia.edu>:

>
> See:  http://tinyurl.com/gkgvh
>
> In addition to rewriting the code, "Microsoft has also admitted
> that it
> has major problems in it's  Windows division and has has
> immediately
> initiated a total restructure of the division."  I am not
> familiar with
> how long it actually takes to write software once you are
> committed to
> it, but it seems difficult to believe they can have a working
> product to
> deliver to this fall.
>
> On that note, I was wondering what the terms of the license were
> so get
> an idea of what MS promised businesses.  Info on the Software
> Assurance
> Program is available at http://tinyurl.com/6kumq.  It is clear
> that they
> promised Windows Vista Enterprise, but I couldn't yet find
> details about
> what/when they promised it.   They do say that it is "[c]urrently
> scheduled for release in late 2006."  (http://tinyurl.com/zavav).
> The
> same site says it is "available exclusively to Microsoft Software
> Assurance customers," which I find interesting.  Does that really
> mean
> that businesses cannot buy "Windows Vista Enterprise" without
> having
> subscribed to the Software Assurance program?
>
> Another interesting thing is that "The [MS] team are [sic] also
> working
> closely with engineers from the Intel Viiv team. and it is now
> expected
> that the next version of Viiv could be delayed to line up with
> the
> launch of the consumer version of Vista at the 2007 CES Show in
> Las
> Vegas."   (See http://www.intel.com/products/viiv/index.htm for
> info on
> the Intel Viiv.)  I'm unfamiliar with Intel Viiv and the page
> didn't
> help too much, but if this is something sold in a normal
> computer, this
> probably makes irrelevant my claim in class that Dell/etc. could
> sell
> computers with a promise of the Vista upgrade later.  Now they
> won't
> even have the appropriate hardware to entice buyers.
>
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