Hi, Michael. No, I am not setting them up to fail.
I worry they are failing some of their customers, though, by not giving them the real ship date targets.
I understand they want to underpromise/overdeliver. And by saying early 2010, they are hardly likely to be "late." But if you are someone in a company -- or a consumer -- trying to plan when and if to buy a Vista PC or wait for Win 7, it isn't very good business practice to be unable to get a straight answer from Microsoft as to when to expect it.
Microsoft says they are keeping customers in the loop on their schedule. I talk to a lot of IT folks at companies of all sizes. They are all being given different guidance. In some cases, they are being given none.
MJ
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