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Microsoft VP confirms Windows 7 ship date: January 2010

Microsoft VP also says Vista compatibility issues won't be repeated
By John Fontana , Network World , 06/24/2008
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Microsoft will ship Windows 7 sometime in or near Jan. 2010, according to a letter company senior vice president Bill Veghte sent to Microsoft customers Tuesday.

The letter, sent to enterprise and business customers, will eventually be publicly posted on Microsoft's Web site.
In the letter sent to "Windows Customers" and titled "An Update on the Windows Roadmap," Veghte said "our plan is to deliver Windows 7 approximately three years after the January 2007 general availability launch date of Windows Vista."

Veghte wrote, "You have told us you want a more regular, predictable Windows release schedule" and he said that was the impetus for setting the 2010 the ship date.

Vista has been slowly gaining steam, but is still drawing fire from critics who say it has not lived up to promises.

Veghte went further in addressing customer concerns over application compatibility, which had been a problem shortly after Vista's release.

"You've also let us know you don't want to face the kinds of incompatibility challenges with the next version of Windows you might have experienced early with Windows Vista. As a result, our approach with Windows 7 is to build off the same core architecture as Windows Vista so the investments you and our partners have made in Windows Vista will continue to pay off with Windows 7. Our goal is to ensure the migration process from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is straightforward."

Veghte's discussion of Windows 7 was part of an effort to clarify the June 30 XP deadline that will see the operating system removed from retail shelves and OEM hardware, and to tout the virtues of Windows Vista. Veghte also thanked customers for their loyalty and support.

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vistaBy Anonymous on October 16, 2008, 2:05 pmhttp://oddlyenoughforum.smfforfree3.com/index.php well i like vista my self.

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Re: Quite a bit of you are justBy Thrashmaster on July 7, 2008, 3:18 pmIt is not that people are dumb sxxxs even though alot are....People that use PC's in the outside world don't have the time to mess with them and want something that...

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Reply TO XP FanboysBy ThrashMaster on July 7, 2008, 3:08 pmI agree with your post 100%....I personally have used just about every OS out there....and Really I prefer the Windows OS because I like GUI's....I still use the...

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Do you really think???By Anonymous on June 28, 2008, 2:55 amI'd guess it will really come out about late 2011. Windows 7 will basically be what Vista should have been. Just like the release of Wn98. That was what Windows...

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Why is it that MicrosoftBy Anon on June 26, 2008, 9:49 pmWhy is it that Microsoft continues to cheat all of its ongoing customers but when people try to cheat them they sue the living **** out of them? Vista is nothing...

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