{"id":8877,"date":"2006-03-31T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/03\/31\/ho-hum-2.html"},"modified":"2006-03-31T06:30:44","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T13:30:44","slug":"ho_hum_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/31\/ho_hum_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Ho-hum"},"content":{"rendered":"

That seems to be the general reaction by industry to the announcement that Microsoft Vista will be delayed<\/a> (yet again) in production. Certainly it’s my reaction, since:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. I’d rather it were stable than available.\n
  2. I don’t expect we’ll be adopting it any time soon after it’s available.<\/ol>\n

    Which seems to be the reasons IT groups in most companies aren’t terribly worried about the delay, either. Though it might be worrisome to Micro$oft that there are so few cries and wails and gnashing of teeth (or even some mild disappointment) over the reschedule. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    That seems to be the general reaction by industry to the announcement that Microsoft Vista will be delayed (yet again) in production. 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