Microsoft: Vista Follow-up Likely in 2009
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Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to a company executive.
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Microsoft Corp&#039;s  release of  Windows Vista should begin in November with roll-out to  businesses and broader release of the software to general  customers by January, company officials said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it will release a major package of updates and fixes for the Windows Vista operating system in the first half of 2008.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on Thursday that more than 200 million users will be using one of its new products -- including its highly-anticipated Windows Vista operating system, Office 2007 software suite and Exchange server -- by the end of 2007.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer believes that sales forecasts for itsÂ new Vista operating systemÂ may be "overly aggressive." In a conference call Thursday with financial analysts Ballmer said lower selling prices, limited new corporate sales, and software piracy may combine to temper Vista sales forecasts. "I'm really excited about how enthusiastic everybody is about Vista," he said. "But people have to understand that some of the revenue forecasts I've seen out there for Windows Vista in fiscal year 2008 are overly aggressive." Microsoft's 2008 fiscal year begins this July 1. Ballmer did not provide specific sales numbers. Sales of Microsoft's Windows operating systems are driven by the growth in sales of personal computers (PCs), Ballmer explained. But PC sales growth tends to come more from the consumer market these days than the business market. Also, while Ballmer expects Vista to see greater sales growth in emerging markets such as in China, India, and Brazil, that growth will be on a smaller base than in developed countries. Also, those emerging markets are alsoÂ high-piracy markets. Even though Microsoft has added features to Vista to thwart piracy, it is still a problem in some countries, he said. And while Microsoft sold a lot of Vista upgrades to corporate customers, they have already been accounted for in previously signed contracts, so forecasts of additional corporate sales "may be a little more bullish" than is warranted, he said. Vista is the first totally new desktop operating system from Microsoft since the introduction of Windows XP in 2001. Vista has been much-delayed in coming to market as the company tried to avoid releasing a product with defects and security flaws that plagued previous Windows versions. Although Ballmer reported a strong early surge in Vista sales, which began for corporate customers in November 2006 and for consumers in late January, the surge may be limited to what's left of fiscal 2007 and "will not recur in fiscal year 2008."
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Pushing Windows Vista SP1's release into 2008 won't be the end of the world for enterprise adoption, financial analysts say.
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Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it expects to sell twice as many copies of its new Vista PC operating system in its first year on sale compared with the launch of its last major upgrade, Windows XP, in 2001.
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Microsoft Corp.   said on Thursday it sees no reason now why its new Windows  Vista operating system would be delayed, but stopped short of  committing to its previously stated launch target.
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Although Microsoft's forthcoming operating system, Windows Vista, has slipped from its proposed ship date several times, a Wall Street analyst is now predicting Microsoft will be able to remain on schedule from this point forward.
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Microsoft Corp. is considering discounts or other promotions during the holidays to entice consumers to upgrade their PCs with Windows Vista, even though the new operating system isn't due to hit store shelves until January at the earliest.
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Microsoft Corp. said it is  launching on Tuesday its second major test version of the  Windows Vista operating system, which the company has said it  plans to debut next year.
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Microsoft vows to release the next version of Windows by the end of 2006 - but  without some key components.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Wednesday it plans to release the first major update to its  Windows Vista operating system early next year.
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Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) on Friday made official its plans to release its next Windows upgrade in 2006, although the software will be missing one of its key features.
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A check of yesterday's status report from the Department of Justice officials monitoring the status of Microsoft's 2002 antitrust settlement revealed an interesting nugget: We can expect Vista's first service pack before the end of the year, along with Windows XP SP3.
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Now that Microsoft has set a release date for both the beta and final versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the company is also offering a detailed look at what's being fixed and changed. One thing customers will not see is major changes to User Account Control, although Microsoft says it will reduce some pop-ups.
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Now that Microsoft has officially unveiled its new Vista operating system for businesses, it is likely that corporate users will begin testing the OS over the next year to see how it fits into their environments.