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Vista 8 -- like its predecessors Windows Vista and Vista 7 -- relies a great deal on marketing and hype, even before its conception. The vapourware tactics are outlined below. UEFI-associated problems are covered in the page about UEFI.
=> Vista 7
=> UEFI
=> Vista 8 Such a Disaster That Even Microsoft Cannot Cope With It, Vapourware Tactics Start Early
A Rare Moment of Sobriety: Paul Thurrott Decides to be Objective (Severely Criticises Vista 8]
=> A Rare Moment of Sobriety: Paul Thurrott Decides to be Objective
=> Vista 8 to be Released Again, UEFI Still Included
=> OEMs Too Shy to Advertise Vista 8 Despite Microsoft Payments
=> Vista 8.1 is Already Slammed by Critics, Microsoft Tries to Force People to Use Windows
=> The Economist Slams Vista 8
=> Microsoft Propaganda (Managed by Microsoft Moles) to Blame Hardware Companies for Vista 8′s Failures
=> Vista 8 is a Failure Which the Free Software Foundation Capitalises on
=> Microsoft’s Vista 8 Deletes Competition
=> Microsoft Hardware and Media Partners Not Happy With Vista 8
=> When OEMs Slam Vista 8, Say It’s Worse Than Vista
=> Dubious Editorial Control in ZDNet
=> Vista 8 Still Massively Rejected
=> Even Mossberg Does Not Like Vista 8
=> Vista 8 Doing So Poorly That Microsoft Tries to Claim It Has Not Been Released Yet
=> $125 to Remove Vista 8, Which One Already Paid For
=> Vista 8 is Dying With the Desktop Based on More Data Points, Security Issues Persist
=> New Fedora Suffers From UEFI While Desktops Suffer Steep Decline and Sales Drop
=> Vista 8 a Downfall for Microsoft in Linux/Android Era, Microsoft Downgraded
=> Vista 8 Worse Than Vista, So Microsoft Must Block Competition to Save Windows
=> Vista 8 Continues to Fail, But Succeeds at Suppressing GNU and Linux Installs
=> Microsoft Squeezes Locked in Customers as the Windows Platform Dies
=> Biased, Microsoft-leaning Reports
=> Microsoft Fails Miserably to Sell Vista 8, Hardware With Vista 8, and Vista Phone 8
=> Microsoft Jack Back From Retirement to Save Vista 8
=> Vista 8 Endorsements Are Fake, Microsoft Decided to Break Rather Than Make
=> Vista 8 Drives Windows Users to Other Operating Systems
=> Vista 8 is Not Selling, But Microsoft’s UEFI Scheme Blocks Linux Installations/Booting
=> Vista 8 Too Much of a Resource Hog for Tablets, Takes Up an Expensive 16 GB of Space
=> Microsoft Failed With Vista 8, Set to Attack Linux With Patents Instead
=> Vista 8 AstroTurfing Not Enough, Other Tactics Used
=> Microsoft is AstroTurfing for Vista 8
=> Vista 8 is Heading for the Garbage Can, Suggest Early Reports
=> Vista 8 Drives Away OEMs, Linux to Gain
=> Minecraft’s Vista 8 Disdain Caught by the Media
=> Vista 8 is Worse Spyware Than Predecessors
=> Vista 8 Will Fail for Businesses, Says Dell
=> Game Makers Form Collective Backlash Against Vista 8
=> Vista 8 Expected to Fail Based on OEMs
=> Vista 8 is Trying to Compete With Android
=> OEMs Already Dislike Vista 8
=> Vista 8 Will Fail, Expect Bribed-for ‘Reviews’
=> Features of Vista 8 Focused on Errors, Antifeatures
=> Gartner Group Boosts Vista 8 on Devices
=> Vista 8 Fails Miserably in Official Demo (Video)
=> Vista 8: The Disaster Starts Now
=> Microsoft Buys Vista 8 Reviews by Bribing Journalists Again
=> Next Windows Becomes a Mess to Developers (ISVs) and OEMs
=> Vista 8 Bribes (5,000 ‘Free’ Tablets) Are Already Dumped for Cash
=> Tomorrow’s Windows is Yesterday’s Computing, a GNU/Linux Catchup Job
=> “Windows 8 Sounds Like It’s Basically Windows Phone 7 on a PC”
=> There is No Windows 8, It is Vista With New Tweaks
=> The ‘Upgrade’ Will Fix Everything™, Says Microsoft
=> Next Windows Release is Windows 6.2 (Vista is 6.0)
=> Microsoft Windows Weakness on Desktops and Phones
=> Signs of Defeat: Microsoft Speaks About Invisible Windows, Not Existing Products
Users of Microsoft Office 2010 Hate It, OpenOffice.org is Loved, Vista 7 is a ‘Meh’ (see bottom parts)
=> Users of Microsoft Office 2010 Hate It, OpenOffice.org is Loved, Vista 7 is a ‘Meh’
Microsoft Keeps Losing Market Share to Google, Goes Aggressive, Discriminates Against GNU/Linux, and Grabs People’s Healthcare System (as above)
John Dvorak: Vista 7 Was “a Face-saving Vista Re-do” (contains a blurb about seemingly-fake "leaks")
=> John Dvorak: Vista 7 Was “a Face-saving Vista Re-do”
=> Intel Unhappy With Failed Migration to Vista 7, Radical Microsoft Spin Begins
=> Please Don’t Compare Microsoft Vapourware to Today’s GNU/Linux
=> Latest Deception for Internet Explorer 8 and Vista 8
Windows ‘Battery Killer’ (Vista 7) Also Has USB Data Transfer Issues and Stability Problems, Does Not Sell Well (fake "leaks" about Vista 8)
Microsoft is Lying About Vista 7 Sales, Bloat ("In order to give the impression that Vista 8 is just around the corner, Microsoft is creating some new buzz and dates are named")
=> Microsoft is Lying About Vista 7 Sales, Bloat
=> Deceptive Vista 7 Advertising, Neglect, Bugs, and More Security Problems
Vista 7 Limitations, Compatibility Issues, and Hype from the Microsoft Ecosystem (latter parts are about "8")
=> Vista 7 Limitations, Compatibility Issues, and Hype from the Microsoft Ecosystem
Microsoft Press Deceives the Masses About Windows (see bottom part for examples)
=> Microsoft Press Deceives the Masses About Windows
=> Vapourware After Vista 7 (Vista 8) Starts Much Earlier Than Vapourware After Vista (Vista 7)
Microsoft Windows Advertising Goes Too Far, Parents Television Council Complains (Microsoft publicly talks/writes about Vista 8)
=> Microsoft Windows Advertising Goes Too Far, Parents Television Council Complains
Confirmed: Vista 7 Fails to Sell PCs, Mostly Replaces Vista (More Vista 8 Hype)
=> Confirmed: Vista 7 Fails to Sell PCs, Mostly Replaces Vista
=> Microsoft to Developers/Self: Forget About Vista 7, Let’s Spread Vista 8 Vapourware?
Microsoft Analysts Mock Free Software and Praise Vista 7 (Vista 8 mentioned at the bottom)
=> Microsoft Analysts Mock Free Software and Praise Vista 7
=> Microsoft Cheats at Vista 7 ‘Speed’, Uses New Vapourware (Vista 8)
=> If Vista 7 is Wonderful Like Microsoft Claims, Then Why is Vista 8 Vapourware Already Surfacing?
=> Microsoft Has Already Moved on to Vista 8 Vapourware
=> Why Microsoft Already Knows That Vista 7 Will Fail
=> Techrights
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