Jim Allchin oversees all things Windows at Microsoft, and sat down to explain a few things about the upcoming version
Microsoft has said that the operating system known for years as Longhorn would be called Windows Vista and that a beta version would be available by 3 August.
Then last Wednesday morning — a week ahead of schedule — the software giant said that the beta is ready to go.
In the four-year history of Longhorn it's arguably the first time Microsoft can claim to be ahead of schedule. Since first discussing Longhorn in 2001, Microsoft has changed the features of the release and pushed out its launch date several times. But there is little room for error now, as Microsoft is trying to have a final version ready by next year's Christmas buying season.
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