Opinion on Vista and Dapper delays

[Chanchao]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 15:01 -0800, Corey Burger wrote:

> The operating system is going to be late. Last-minute decisions mean a
> last-minute delay...

Finally, a sensible article on this.  Just about had it with articles
equating any delay with a disaster and comparing it to Vista's delays
and hint at some alleged crisis in OS development.

As for Vistas delay, that may be bad news for PC makers who are missing
out on Christmas sales because consumers wait for Vista.. (Great
opportunity for Apple though)  And for Microsoft, they're doing just
fine and the money will come in just fine, too.

I sometimes think Canonical should/could do hardware too, like a quality
looking pc or laptop in Ubuntu colors with Ubuntu pre-installed: But
never mind about actual production & support issues & challenges, just
HAVING one on offer (no matter how long the waiting list) would reflect
good on Ubuntu as a brand.  If it looks attractive, this attractiveness
will also reflect upon the OS, "which, by the way, is available as a
free download for YOUR computer."  Apple cant say that about OS-X. :)

Cheers,
Chanchao