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Microsoft preps for Windows XP bash | |
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| Time: 09:04 EST/14:04 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Thanks Scott. Microsoft on Friday will host a celebration marking the release of Windows XP to PC manufacturers, but the big question is how much interest the company can generate for the software. At a lavish ceremony at the company's Redmond, Wash., headquarters, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Jim Allchin, group vice president and head of the Windows effort, are expected to present each PC maker representative with a Windows XP-branded briefcase containing a master disc with the operating system's final--or gold--code. The group then is supposed to board a helicopter and fly off while the two Microsoft executives wave. | ||
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| #1 By 3 (Unknown) at 8/24/2001 12:14:00 PM |
| I thought they would have lowered the price too, its certainly still overpriced. |
| #2 By 3 (Unknown) at 8/24/2001 1:02:00 PM |
| Was that just an unofficial press release? |
| #3 By 531 (Unknown) at 8/24/2001 1:31:00 PM |
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#2, Mass Decertification? What are you talking about? If you're saying that everyone who is certified in Windows 2000 will need to recertify for XP / .NET, you're incorrect. Microsoft has announced that any MCPs for Windows 2000 will also be certified in XP and .NET, and have merged the 2000/XP/.NET certification track. As far as a "minor upgrade"... it's only minor if you've been using Windows 2000 in the past. If you have, you're used to the stability, and the over-all NON DOSness of it. If you're a Win9x user, it's a major upgrade. If you think that shifting home users to the NT kernel is a minor thing, you have serious problems. Product Activation? ... OK, right on. WPA sucks, and I hate it. It's a painless process, but that doesn't make it any better. Hopefully, we won't see this in the following versions, but I have a hard time believing that. |
| #4 By 135 (Unknown) at 8/24/2001 2:25:00 PM |
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The NT track people are being decertified. Which is good, as most of them didn't deserve certifications to begin with.
Unfortunately there are also many of us who just don't see any incentive for us to recertify. I haven't even bothered to try taking one of the tests. |
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