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Vista launch press coverage inaccuracies, corrected

Time: 08:58 EST/13:58 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Robert Stein

With the launch of Windows Vista today I have been watching all of the headlines coming in over at MS News Live. So far I have read many of the hundreds of reviews posted today. Some of them had some great points while others were shockingly inaccurate. Most surprising was the amount of inaccuracies that I read today coming from some of the most popular news sources and professional news organizations.

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#1 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 09:58:54 AM

Inaccuracies aside, the ones that concern me are those that are intentionally inaccurate – and I’m not speaking to editorial license in the context of humor, or sarcasm either. I am speaking to what appear to be instances of “apparent sincerity” – here’s an example, illustrating what I mean when I say, “apparent sincerity” a sales guy is traveling out of town. He’s lodged at a really nice resort hotel close to the beach. The food, weather and waves are just about perfect. It’s also spring break and this hotel happens to attract large numbers of post graduate students – not beer bonging undergrads – so there are platoons of young ladies easing about the hotel. He works hard, scores his sales early and ends up having a lot of free time on his hands. When he calls home, he shares that it is really hot, he’s really beat, the hotel is crowded and noisier than he’s used to and he can’t decide what to eat. He leaves out the detail attending any one point and while he may be accurately describing the situation, he’s not entirely sincere about why he’s elected to share the truth in the way he has.

Many reviews of Windows Vista appear to be apparently sincere as well as inaccurate technically, and practically.

This post was edited by lketchum on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 10:00.

#2 By 2 (24.239.197.85) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:41:36 AM

Lloyd, my beach story was a secret!

#3 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:51:04 AM

#1, We're still holding firm on the sale price for the high-def photos and video.... I had no idea people could bend in such ways... :)

#4 By 20 (152.133.15.64) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 01:39:21 PM

If they can't get a simple story about an OS that everyone uses everyday right, it makes you wonder how much they're getting wrong about the intricate political situation in the US, not to mention the political and military situation in Iraq (hint: They're not)

#5 By 54556 (67.131.75.3) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 01:52:07 PM

who are "they"?

#6 By 8556 (12.210.39.82) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 02:57:35 PM

notketchum: "They" would be the general mass media that try to pass off crap as news.
http://www.fark.com/2007/book/chapter1.shtml

#7 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 03:23:10 PM

#1: What's the matter? The media isn't shaking their Vista pom-poms fast enough for you? Maybe, just maybe, these guys are printing their actual experiences with Vista and it wasn't as wonderful as MS would have everyone believe. I would submit that many journalists are printing their honest opinions, but you, being an MS homer, are claiming a hidden anti-MS agenda.

#8 By 23275 (172.16.10.31) at Wednesday, January 31, 2007 04:04:43 PM

#7, Hmmm... You're making my point well for me... I am suggesting, and based upon the reviews I am seeing that the editors, pundits, advocates and detractors DO NOT appear to have used or explored Vista well at all. Similarly, there are those that are opposed to anything Microsoft that are using apparent sincerity to subtly cast doubt on the new OS.

I assess that is not objective, not journalism and not fair - to the people and businesses that might benefit from the new platform.

Here's the deal.... I see reviews and I know from reading them that many reviewers could not possibly have tested a great deal - and certainly not on a lot of machines of different types and in different types of heterogeneous networks - I know this because I have and our company has and I can see the holes in what they are saying - and not saying. On one hand, what are essentially lay persons who write a lot are opining about that which they really aren't qualified to speak, or their perspectives are really limited - e.g., yeah, they write a lot, read a lot, but how many customers are they actively working with, building for and supporting? On the other hand, we see some great technical tests and reports, but that isn't very "real" either - meaning, how is the new OS, subjectively as that word applies in a practical sense? I'm not seeing that at all - not outside of what you all write here.

Finally, I also see my own customer base - and they are universally asking, "When do we get it [Vista]?" Right now would not be soon enough for many of them - whether they are asking for it to go into home theater set ups as two are getting tomorrow, or for those wishing to roll out new practice management software - set for Feb 15th. It's a diverse base, and that base wants the new OS and the new Office now. That differs from what I see in our press. The empty shelves at Best Buy and CompUSA in our area add to what we see is a consistent and strong demand for the new platform. And do note, I never attack you personally - I don't know you and it would be inappropriate to do so.

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