Eight versions of Vista, maybe not
Victor Agreda Jr has some wise and calming words on the furore surrounding the idea that Vista may have upto eight different versions.
“Seriously, are you buying this? We know Vista will come in a rainbow of flavors. Suddenly the hue and cry when it hits mystical ocho, I don’t get it. Besides, Thurrott said this was all confirmed. Engadget essentially told Bill is was a dumb idea, and there’s just plain common sense. So who wants to bet we see a mere three domestic editions of Vista come holiday season? I’m not counting those EU editions, they are the same darn thing. Besides, Microsoft already has a ton of OS’es out there. PocketPC, SPOT, Server editions, embedded, XP home and pro, and Media Center— this is what they do. And one salient point mentioned by Franklin in the comments from an earlier post: how many distros of Linux are there?”
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