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Microsoft Delays Wide Launch of Windows Vista

An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it will not release the consumer version of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, after previously saying it hoped to release the software in time for the holiday season.

Jim Allchin, co-president of the Microsoft division that includes Windows, said that the company would release some versions of the new operating system for big businesses by November as planned, but the consumer version would be held until January.

Allchin said the decision to delay the release came after Microsoft realized that Vista would be completed several weeks later than originally planned, in large part because of efforts to improve security in the new system. That was enough for some retailers, computer makers and other corporate partners to say they would have trouble preparing for the holiday season.

posted by Fergie @ 3/21/2006 03:35:00 PM