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RaZoR1394:

--- Quote ---[0]WebHostingGuy writes "Bill Gates said Tuesday there was an 80 percent
chance the company's next-generation operating system, [1]Vista, would be
ready in January. He is also hopeful that the next version of Office will
ship in December. The holdup, he says, is due to constant revisions due
to beta tester feedback." From the article: "'We've got to get this
absolutely right,' Gates said. 'If the feedback from the beta tests shows
it is not ready for prime time, I'd be glad to delay it.' He said
Microsoft was investing $8 billion to $9 billion in developing Vista and
the company's next version of Office, its key cash-generator. He said the
company's software partners, in developing and adapting their own
products for the two launches, would invest 20 times as much as
Microsoft."

--- End quote ---

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/11/1552235

8 to 9 billion dollars? My god!

noob:
And it will still be shite.

davidnix71:
January 2008, right? :rolleyes:

WMD:
I thought it meant 2009 actually... :p

RaZoR1394:
Seems like you have to upgrade to it if you want DirectX 10 functionality. Microsoft always has a way...

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