Vista Could Ship Earlier Than Expected

November 28th 2005 | Microsoft

With speculation of a ship date for Windows Vista ranging in the second part of 2006, word has surprisingly surfaced that it can be expected much earlier. BusinessWeek has received a copy of the internal blog of Chris Jones, who is a top Windows executive. The blog states that the code for Windows Vista will be completed by August 31, giving Microsoft the opportunity to place Vista on PCs for the 2006 Christmas season.

If Microsoft is able to release Vista around October 2006, the company could benefit from a major spike in sales for December ‘06. Five years ago when Windows XP was released, Microsoft was rewarded with record revenues of US$7.74 billion, which was an 18 percent increase over the previous year. Will Microsoft set records again in 2006 with the release of Windows Vista?

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Vista Could Ship Earlier Than Expected
Published in: Microsoft on 2005-11-28