“We expect the Windows Vista release, along with [the] strong lineup of other product releases, to accelerate the company's sales and earnings growth into the double-digit percentage range.”
Yun Kim
“Windows Vista is going to be a significant release for all Windows customers, including enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses as well as consumers.”
Al Gillen
“We never said Microsoft has decided [to rebrand RSS], ... It's a year ahead of [Windows Vista] being released and we?re trying to work with the community to get some consensus.”
Robert Scoble
“It looks like Microsoft missed the major upgrade cycle from 2004 to early this year. Windows Vista would have been a much better story in 2005 than in 2006, or, realistically, 2007.”
Joe Wilcox
“So what went wrong [with Windows Vista]? What didn't go wrong? When Bill Gates revealed in mid-2003 that he was returning to his roots, so to speak, and spending half of his time on what was then still called Longhorn, we should have seen the warning signs. Sadly, Gates, too, is part of the Bad Microsoft, a vestige of the past who should have had the class to either formally step down from the company or at least play just an honorary role, not step up his involvement and get his hands dirty with the next Windows version. If blame is to be assessed, we must start with Gates. He has guided--or, through lack of leadership--failed to guide the development of Microsoft's most prized asset. He has driven it into the ground.”
Paul Thurrott
“We want to hit a 50 percent run rate for Windows Vista premium in the first 24 months. That's a substantially more aggressive run rate than we were able to hit with Windows XP.”
Dave Block
“Windows 2000 users really need to have a plan to get off of 2000 and on to Vista relatively soon after it ships.”
Mike Silver
