It will take MS that long to get the initial bugs out of Vista as well.
On Mar 26, 2007, at 7:40 PM, hank smith wrote:
not sure if this is true but thaught I would pass this along none
the less.
*** Report: Apple Will Delay Leopard Launch To Ensure Windows Vista
Compatibility (TechWeb)
Published Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:50:00 GMT
TechWeb - A Taiwanese electronics publication reports that Apple
will push
back the launch of Mac OS X 10.5 to September.
Yahoo! News
By Paul McDougall Fri Mar 23, 10:50 AM ET A Taiwanese electronics
publication reported Friday that Apple will significantly delay the
launch
of its forthcoming
"Leopard" operating system to ensure that PCs that run the software
are also
capable of running Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system.
The publication, DigiTimes Systems, cited unnamed sources that
Apple will
push back the launch of Mac 10.5 to September in order to finish
work on a
Leopard
version of its Boot Camp technology that is Windows Vista compatible.
Boot Camp is an Apple utility that enables Mac users to launch and run
Microsoft operating systems, enhancing the Mac's flexibility.
Leopard was
originally
slated to launch in April.
Apple officials couldn't immediately be reached for comment, and
the report
couldn't be immediately verified by InformationWeek.
A number of major software makers are scrambling to update their
products to
ensure Windows Vista compatibility.
Adobe Systems, for instance, has decided Windows Vista updates for
current
versions of its Photoshop, InDesign, and Dreamweaver products.
Instead,
Adobe
will devote most of its developer time to ensuring that new
versions of the
products scheduled to ship this spring are Windows Vista friendly,
according
to a company spokesman.
Similarly, a spokesman for IBM said the company has placed Vista
certification efforts for its current Lotus Notes products on the back
burner to ensure
that the forthcoming Lotus Notes 8 Suite is fully compatible with
Windows
Vista. "It's a question of how we can best allocate our development
resources,"
said the spokesman.
