Microsoft delays Vista launch until January 2007
Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, plans to delay the consumer launch of its much-anticipated Windows Vista operating system to January 2007.
It had originally targeted Vista’s launch for the second half of 2006.
However, a version for corporate customers will be available in November this year.
Windows Vista will then be rolled out for consumers after the holiday shopping season, said a spokesman for the software giant.
But analysts said this could throw some PC manufacturers and retailers into turmoil.
“It’s not the optimal situation, to be launching the next-generation version of Windows right after the big holiday sales season,” said analyst Joe Wilcox at Jupiter Research.
Efforts to improve security in the new system were largely behind the delay, Microsoft said. Read more
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