The Windows Effect

Not that we are superstitious, but in reading this morning about the delayed rollout of MS Windows Vista our attention was drawn to an interesting correlation over the past two decades between major introductions of the MS operating system and the loss of the Cup by the Defender:

MS-DOS (introduced in 1981; the next Cup was in 1983) - Defender NYYC lost to the Challenger RPYC.

Windows 1.0 (introduced in 1985; the next Cup was in 1987) - Defender RPYC lost to the Challenger SDYC.

Windows 95 (introduced in 1995) - Defender SDYC lost to the Challenger RNZYS.

Windows XP (introduced in 2001; the next Cup was in 2003) - Defender RNZYS lost to the Challenger SNG.

The next major upgrade, Windows Vista, is now slated for introduction in Q1 of 2007.



Pure coincidence?