The “I told you so” sentiment bounced from page to unsurprised page as technology bloggers responded bright, early and prolifically to Microsoft Corp.’s announcement that the consumer version of Windows Vista will be delayed until 2007.
“Here we go again,” said the gadgets blog Gizmodo. “Although business users will still get Vista in November, Microsoft said it needed a few more weeks to work on security issues before it was ready for public release. Not a big surprise from the company that originally told us we would be seeing this new version in, when was it, 2005?”
Scott Rosenberg, a blogger at Salon, echoed the shrug. “Every new edition of Windows has been late, so, you know, this is predictable news — on the order of ‘President Bush Declares He Will Stay the Course in Iraq.’”