Microsoft Vista Info Leaked

slashnutt writes to tell us Yahoo News is reporting that Microsoft accidentally released information about Windows Vista earlier than originally planned. From the article: "Microsoft disclosed information about a plan to release eight different editions of the new operating system on a company help page that was under development. The company has not made any official statements about the different versions of Windows Vista it plans to offer. The company has since taken down the Web site and declined to confirm the information and said it will offer more details about the Vista launch, targeted for the second half of 2006, in the coming weeks. Microsoft spokesman said in a statement 'This page has since been removed as it was posted prematurely and was for testing purposes only.'"

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[GenKreton]

Too bad Microsoft didn't put Allah on the page. Then Yahoo would be censoring this report too.

I know what it is.

[MutantHamster]

There will be several different versions such as Windows Vista Red and Blue. They are all pretty much the same, but if you want to complete the game you'll need some friends with the other versions, and some link cables.

premature release?

[commodoresloat]

I'm sorry to hear that Microsoft is the latest sufferer of this common problem. I'd like to help them out; I get a number of advertisements in my inbox each day offering various treatments for premature release. Perhaps someone can forward these emails to Microsoft?

8 ways to have your company locked in...

[Yaa 101]

From the MS spokesman: "We are known for giving our users choice, this is what's great about capitalism!"

Re:Enough Choice To Choke A Horse

[blhack]

windows ultimate:

isn't this also know as xpde? [xpde.com]
it already leaked.

Sigh...

[Rob T Firefly]

Someday we'll look fondly upon the days when you could just ask if someone is running "98" or "XP," maybe with "SP2." Very soon the abbreviations alone will take up several alphabets.

Re:Dumbasses

[rovingeyes]

Why'd they release anything?

FP

Uh..to get the first post?

Re:premature release?

[bogie]

Hey! Remember how you were telling me about your small penis problem? Check it out!

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Here are the Eight Versions

[krbvroc1]

The info was pulled so I'll repost here:

Windows Vista for Developing Nations Windows Vista for Dummies Windows Vista for Planned Obsolence Edition Windows Vista for Virtual Vista Deployment Edition - Professional Windows Vista for your Inner Fast(tm) Edition Windows Vista with Digital Rights Management Media Edition Windows Vista Corporate *Windows Vista for Secure Computing * please note this edition will be released at a future unannounced date.

Too many vistas...

[__aaclcg7560]

I like the comment that was made on Blue's News [bluesnews.com] about the Vista line when the story first broke.

Vista DOS
Vista WFW
Vista 95
Vista 98
Vista ME
Vista XP
Vista la Vista

Dang

[Comatose51]

It's not even out yet and it's already leaking!?

Cheap shot even by Slashdot standards, I know.

Re:Enough Choice To Choke A Horse

[smcdow]

Oh....,

I was sure it was going to be something like:

Windows Vista 3.1
Windows Vista 95
Windows Vista 98
Windows Vista NT
Windows Vista CE
Windows Vista 2000
Windows Vista 2003
Windows Vista XP

Re:Enough Choice To Choke A Horse

[Anne_Nonymous]

Choice is good.

I'd rather have eight shitty alternatives to choose from than to have one mandatory one. Hell, I even voted last election.

Re:What you talkin' about?

[dusik]

>> "anon so the fan boys don't slit my karma's throat"

Just mildly anonymous, eh? ;)

Re:What you talkin' about?

[mildness]

Yep I busted my self. Ouch. (:-{)}

Cheers,

Bill

And if they find a pirated copy...

[Soko]

it terminates your license and removes your computers hard drive with a 12 guage. It's then known as "Hasta-la-VISTA", babee.

Soko

Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

[Anonymous Coward]

Because there is no -1 Fucking Moron.

Duuude, just like Dell!

[Anonymous Coward]

I always find it amusing that on every Dell ad, they show off how cheap you can buy a Dell box, and thus show a Dell with Windows XP Home. Then in the fine print, it says "Dell recommends Windows XP Pro". So Dell recommends I don't buy this Dell computer? OK...

Re:I know what it is.

[TheSpoom]

"Goddammit, I didn't expect a BSOD when I took the red pill!"

Actually....

[Anonymous Coward]

...that was a craftily constructed press release, to get the rumor mongers looking the other way while the REAL Micrsoft Vista editions were being prepared. Our crack team of industrial spies and leet haxors has penetrated their secret "moat of delusion" defenses, and we have "gotten the facts":

The Microsoft Vista "Training Bra" version, for those who really want to be a boob, but aren't smart enough yet

The Microsoft Vista "Mommy, I'm a Big Boy Now!" edition, designed for those rascally young tykes who play videogames 24/7, but are going to "be into computers" at their daddy's firm once they get their degree.

The Microsoft Vista "Mom and Pop Store" edition, for those pretentious little merchants in downtown smalltown, USA, who "need" a computer with "sophisticated business software" to "leverage and maximise profitting potential" for their hotdog cart they keep parked out in front of Sam's Tire and Lube.

The Microsoft Vista "Money has No Conscious" edition, a special "hardened" military/industrial complex edition, which only has video support for black and white with no shades of gray, and has a biosensor to activate it that flashes "with us or against us" as a user boots it up.

The Microsoft Vista "CEO" addition, which is a special customised software and hardware edition that combines the exceptional ease of use and display qualities of an etch n sketch with a fabulous crystal decanter.

The Microsoft Vista Live CD "Certified Engineer Limited Edition" edition, which only works with the 102 key "natural" keyboard with that special "reinstall OS, print invoice" button

Re:It won't be that confusing to retail buyers

[Reverend528]

Since Vista Ultimate Edition is probably only for the uber-geek

Software wise, it's actually identical to the Starter Edition, but it comes with a frisbee. I think they're targeting the stoner audience.