jamesagmoore Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 With SP1 and before, the Windows XP bootscreen had the year:Copyright © 1985-2001Microsoft CorporationWith SP2 it just has:Copyright © Microsoft CorporationCould it be Microsoft are ashamed that it may well be 5+ years between Windows revisions, and don't want users reminded of that fact at every boot??That's not to mention XP was no huge revolution from the existing 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 ya, it was MUCH better when microsoft released a new version of win9x every year forcing people to fork out $100 to upgrade there OS every year. That was MUCH funnier.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesagmoore Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Obviously the rate of progress has slowed. In the absence of competition, Microsoft has been allowed to rest on its laurels. See from 1995-1999 we went from Windows 95/WinNT3.51 to Windows 2000. From 1999 to 2004(5,6,7 maybe??) its Windows 2000 to Windows XP SP2.We witness the same with IE. Speculation that the IE team has been reformed in the face of competition from Firefox etc. Unfortunately there is no equivalent for the current desktop operating system. So we are in for a long wait for the next update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ideas Man Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Obviously the rate of progress has slowed. In the absence of competition, Microsoft has been allowed to rest on its laurels.Um i beg to differ, Longhorn is a very big task, it requires a lot of effort and is quite revolutionary, the time taken i feel is justified because it will be the OS to die for.Also i did notice that, another thing weird about it is that the Professional part is missing too, odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Microsoft spends billions of dollars every year on research. The whole idea that microsoft stopped working on windows because of lack of competition is just hog wash. The reason why a newer version of windows hasn't been released is very simple - it's not needed. What this shows is that software has matured from the early 90's. I can't believe im even responding to such a stupid post as this. Go back to slashdot microsoft hater!-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesagmoore Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 Your logic is flawed:Microsoft spends billions of dollars every year on researchThe reason why a newer version of windows hasn't been released is very simple - it's not neededWhy would they spend billions of dollars, if no new versions are needed?BTW please try to keep your emotions under control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 BTW please try to keep your emotions under controlPlease refrain from saying these kinds of things... gosh has contributed a great amount of ideas and thoughts here at MSFN...Now, please stay on topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Hey guys lets kick it down a few notchesFlame wars are Unnecessary |Drew| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyattXP Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 was anyone missing the Professional in the 2149 build of SP2??? (in the boot screen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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