Windows Vista release slips to Q4 2006

[Renew Deal]

Microsoft exec says the final version will become available in 'holiday' timeframe next year

By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
July 28, 2005

REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Windows Vista won't be available for shipment until the last quarter of 2006, a Microsoft executive let slip in a presentation on Microsoft's (Profile, Products, Articles) campus Thursday.

Microsoft had previously slated the release of the next client version of its Windows operating system for the second half of 2006. But at the Microsoft Financial Analyst Conference here on Thursday, Will Poole, senior vice president of the client division of Microsoft, said the OS would not be available until the 2006 "holiday" time frame in the U.S.

This presumably would mean that the OS will not be available until sometime around the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, which is the last Thursday in November, or Christmas, which is Dec. 25.

Poole quickly corrected his faux pas, and reiterated Microsoft's party line that Windows Vista will be ready sometime in the second half of 2006 during the remainder of his presentation to analysts.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/07/28/HNvistaslips_1.html?source=NLC-TB2005-07-29

Woo Hoo, just in time for Christmas. :shrug:

[Deja Q]

1. Darn! I was hoping they'd have kept it to 2Q 2007, if not never...

It's all DRM and same-as-usual Win2k interface unless you have an insanely fast PC. :eyes:

Fedora Forever!