Fiji, Window Vista's successor

ben_j_davis · 12 Apr 2006 at 09:19

Vista isnt even out and Microsoft are already working on its successor, Fiji and also the successor of that, Vienna.

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1948571,00.asp

ultim · 12 Apr 2006 at 10:47

Microsoft must have found bugs in Vista that can not be fixed without rewriting a large chunk of code

NathanE · 12 Apr 2006 at 11:43

ultim said:
Microsoft must have found bugs in Vista that can not be fixed without rewriting a large chunk of code

Eh?

Fiji is just an interim release. It'll still be branded as Vista, but perhaps Vista Special Edition or something. There's a high probability they'll use it as the WinFS launch platform.

Assuming there's no more delays to Vista, then I'd guess Fiji will be a mid-2008 thang. Vienna is still a long way off - probably 2010+. I wouldn't be surprised if they add another interim release (after Fiji) to be honest.

lokkers · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:57

ultim said:
Microsoft must have found bugs in Vista that can not be fixed without rewriting a large chunk of code

And of course software development isnt a permanently ongoing thing.....

Yewen · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:19

If they didnt start longhorn before whistler was out, then how on earth could we expect to get Vista before 2010 in its current form

Slam62 · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:35

NathanE said:
Eh?

Fiji is just an interim release. It'll still be branded as Vista, but perhaps Vista Special Edition or something. There's a high probability they'll use it as the WinFS launch platform.

Assuming there's no more delays to Vista, then I'd guess Fiji will be a mid-2008 thang. Vienna is still a long way off - probably 2010+. I wouldn't be surprised if they add another interim release (after Fiji) to be honest.

Cripes, ms are in a bigger mess than even i thought they seem to be tieing themselves up in knots at the moment, vista is looking more and more like a piece of bloatware designed to make money, you would have thought ms would have sorted this whole mess out by now, its a complete shambles. :eek:

NathanE · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:52

Slam62 said:
Cripes, ms are in a bigger mess than even i thought they seem to be tieing themselves up in knots at the moment, vista is looking more and more like a piece of bloatware designed to make money, you would have thought ms would have sorted this whole mess out by now, its a complete shambles.

Source?

Psyk · 12 Apr 2006 at 18:08

Slam62 said:
Cripes, ms are in a bigger mess than even i thought they seem to be tieing themselves up in knots at the moment, vista is looking more and more like a piece of bloatware designed to make money, you would have thought ms would have sorted this whole mess out by now, its a complete shambles.

Well I'd say it's standard practice to look ahead and plan their releases well in advance. I'm sure things would go much worse if they didn't.

Kainz · 12 Apr 2006 at 18:29

My mum and dad are Fijian. I wonder if I can get Fiji for a discount price for being half fijian! :cool:

tomos · 12 Apr 2006 at 19:59

how does that make you half fjian? :confused:

csmager · 12 Apr 2006 at 20:12

tomos said:
how does that make you half fjian?

Just what I was thinking!

benjo plz. · 12 Apr 2006 at 20:13

Yewen said:
If they didnt start longhorn before whistler was out, then how on earth could we expect to get Vista before 2010 in its current form

Whistler's XP pro.

csmager · 12 Apr 2006 at 20:14

Phnom_Penh said:
Whistler's XP pro.

That's what he meant :confused:

Kainz · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:05

tomos said:
how does that make you half fjian?

Hey i've got fijian blood! I wants a copy of Fiji!

benjo plz. · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:06

Kainz said:
Hey i've got fijian blood! I wants a copy of Fiji!

What's the point? it'll have more bugs than London Zoo.

csmager · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:09

Kainz said:
Hey i've got fijian blood! I wants a copy of Fiji!

I think what tomos (and I) meant was that if both your parents are fijian, how does that make you only half fijian? Surely that makes you fijian?

SexyGreyFox · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:12

csmager · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:13

So because my cousin was born in Portugal, that makes him portugese?

Slam62 · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:17

Psyk said:
Well I'd say it's standard practice to look ahead and plan their releases well in advance. I'm sure things would go much worse if they didn't.

Well theres planning in advance and theres running around in circles like headless chickens which is what ms are doing.

Anyone whos read anything about the state of ms knows about that

By the way i have 'whistler' from an oem disc just after xp appeared and i think its home.

Isnt he dual nationality if his parents are fijian, i think the girls in fiji are luvly.

What happened to venice (not the one thats sinking) or whatever it was called, vista is just xp with windowblinds.

Kainz · 12 Apr 2006 at 21:23

csmager said:
I think what tomos (and I) meant was that if both your parents are fijian, how does that make you only half fijian? Surely that makes you fijian?

Depends on ones pov since I was born here. Anyway I want a free copy of fiji!