Microsoft (finally) speaks out on 'Fiji'

zdnet.com     08-Aug-2008            

Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:35 am It only took two-plus years, but Microsoft finally issued on August 8 its official comment about Fiji, a k a “Windows Media Center TV Pack.” Although Microsoft isn’t going to make Fiji commercially available until September 3, when certain OEM partners start shipping the new Vista Media Center update preloaded on new systems, the Fiji team finally decided to talk to “clear up some of the speculation and rumors” about it. (For my part, I don’t see a whole lot of speculation, but I do see a lot of angry Fiji beta testers. I’ve been writing about Fiji since I first heard the code name a couple of years ago and couldn’t get any official information from Microsoft about Fiji until today.) For what it’s worth, here’s Microsoft statement from Ben Reed, Product Marketing Manager, Windows Media... [read full story]                    

FULL COVERAGE
                   

New Testing Program for Windows 7 and Windows 8

softpedia.com     08-Aug-2008          

Microsoft is cooking a new testing program tailored to the future releases of Windows. The Redmond company confirmed Windows 7 as an evolution of Windows Vista, but this doesn't seem to apply to the infrastructure that helped...                    

comments

                   

Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with ‘Fiji’?

msfn.org     08-Aug-2008          

After a brief blip of news following the mid-July release to manufacturing of Microsoft “Fiji,” it’s back to radio silence again. But the quiet shouldn’t be interpreted as all is well. In fact, a number of Fiji testers who...                    

comments

                   

Microsoft appoints new Managing Director for India.

rapidfeeds.com     08-Aug-2008          

Microsoft India Pvt Ltd today announced the appointment of Rajan Anandan as the Managing Director of its Sales Marketing and Services business in India. With over 5000 employees across three campuses and 13 offices, Microsoft...                    

comments

Microsoft (finally) speaks out on ‘Fiji’

zdnet.com     08-Aug-2008          

It only took two-plus years, but Microsoft finally issued on August 8 its official comment about Fiji, a k a “Windows Media Center TV Pack.” Although Microsoft isn’t going to make Fiji commercially available until September 3,...                    

comments

Short Bits: Fiji, Media Center Show, Olympics

msmvps.com     08-Aug-2008          

Mary Jo Foley covers the mess that has been Fiji. I’ll have more soon, but Fiji will go down in history as one of the worst coordinated projects to come out of Microsoft in a long time. On this week’s Media Center Show Ian...                    

comments

                   

Windows Fiji: a world class failure

zdnet.com     09-Aug-2008          

Before I get blasted by the uber-nerds, I'll tell you now. I've been playing with Windows 7 (6519) for a while, and Fiji, the new Windows Media Center TV Pack supposedly for Windows 7 for a good few days. For the life of me, I...                    

comments