Title : Microsoft Sets Ship Date to January 2010

 
Date : 2008-06-27 
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We already know some of the directions <a href="http://www.osnews.com/tag/Windows+7">Windows 7</a> will be exploring: a system-wide <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/19796/Gains_System-Wide_Multitouch_Dock">multitouch user interface framework</a>, a focus on <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/19793/No_New_Kernel_Builds_on_Vista">performance</a>, all while building on top of the groundwork Windows Vista has laid out. While off-hand remarks have been made concerning the operating system's release date, it appears Microsoft now <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/24/Microsoft_VP_confirms_Windows_7_ship_date_January_2010_1.html">formalised the release date of Windows 7</a>.<br /><br /><p>In a <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/letter.html">letter</a> sent to Microsoft customers titled 'An Update on the Windows Roadmap', company senior vice president Bill Veghte states:
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<div class="cquote">Our plan is to deliver Windows 7 approximately three years after the January 2007 general availability launch date of Windows Vista. You have told us you want a more regular, predictable Windows release schedule" and he said that was the impetus for setting the 2010 ship date.
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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.
			
 
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