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Vista is set to delay once again , according to gartner
The research firm Gartner has predicted another delay for Windows Vista, the new version of Microsoft's core product.
The company says Windows Vista won't be available until sometime between March and June, 2007. Windows Vista is Microsoft's first major update to the company's flagship operating system since Windows XP was released in late 2001.
Gartner contends that the Windows Vista operating system is just too complex for Microsoft to reach its November target for volume licensees and January launch for retail customers. However, Microsoft in a statement expressed disagreement with Gartner's views, and stated that it is still on track to meet its revised release schedule.
Microsoft had originally aimed for a 2005 launch for the new Windows, then pushed the release out to 2006 before announcing in March that Vista would again be delayed to improve the product's quality.
Gartner's reasoning for the estimate, which it expressed with 80 percent probability, is based on the expected ship date of the second test version of Vista, known as Beta 2. With past operating systems that compare to Vista in complexity, it took Microsoft 16 months to go from Beta 2 to manufacturing.
Gartner further claims that the level of technological change in Vista is so great that the shorter five-month interval between the release of Windows XP and its last major Beta cannot serve as guidance for Vista's own final release.
David Smith, a Gartner analyst, said that Microsoft's repeated failure to achieve earlier deadlines with Vista was one of the factors that the research firm weighed when coming to its latest prediction on timing.
Gartner has released its research note wherein the company has advised business customers to continue to prepare for Vista's release, but not plan too far in advance according to Microsoft's current release dates for Vista. The note warned that Microsoft can t accurately predict release dates, and that organizations should not be too reliant on Microsoft's proposed release dates.
source : *www.gartner.com
The research firm Gartner has predicted another delay for Windows Vista, the new version of Microsoft's core product.
The company says Windows Vista won't be available until sometime between March and June, 2007. Windows Vista is Microsoft's first major update to the company's flagship operating system since Windows XP was released in late 2001.
Gartner contends that the Windows Vista operating system is just too complex for Microsoft to reach its November target for volume licensees and January launch for retail customers. However, Microsoft in a statement expressed disagreement with Gartner's views, and stated that it is still on track to meet its revised release schedule.
Microsoft had originally aimed for a 2005 launch for the new Windows, then pushed the release out to 2006 before announcing in March that Vista would again be delayed to improve the product's quality.
Gartner's reasoning for the estimate, which it expressed with 80 percent probability, is based on the expected ship date of the second test version of Vista, known as Beta 2. With past operating systems that compare to Vista in complexity, it took Microsoft 16 months to go from Beta 2 to manufacturing.
Gartner further claims that the level of technological change in Vista is so great that the shorter five-month interval between the release of Windows XP and its last major Beta cannot serve as guidance for Vista's own final release.
David Smith, a Gartner analyst, said that Microsoft's repeated failure to achieve earlier deadlines with Vista was one of the factors that the research firm weighed when coming to its latest prediction on timing.
Gartner has released its research note wherein the company has advised business customers to continue to prepare for Vista's release, but not plan too far in advance according to Microsoft's current release dates for Vista. The note warned that Microsoft can t accurately predict release dates, and that organizations should not be too reliant on Microsoft's proposed release dates.
source : *www.gartner.com
