Frankly, the world wasn’t 100 percent ready for Windows Vista.



Microsoft Corporate Vice President Mike Sievert, quoted by C|Net

Why no, we weren’t ready. We were “ready” for a rock-solid, innovative operating system with 50% or more managed code, the transactional WinFS file system, and other compelling features. And we were ready for it sometime around when you told us to expect it, not two years later. What were we thinking?The lukewarm, apathetic response to the Vista you actually shipped is clearly our fault. We were not ready. Thanks for reminding us.