“There’s an 80 percent chance that Windows Vista, Microsoft’s next generation operating system, will be ready for its scheduled release in January, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said,” Margaret Kane blogs for CNET.
“According to a Dow Jones Newswires report, Gates told Microsoft software partners in South Africa this week that the operating system could be delayed yet again if beta testers turn up problems,” Kane reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Microsoft’s most-recent plan is to inflict the operating system upon corporate customers in late 2006 and consumers in January 2007.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Too Hot!” for the heads up.]
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