Microsoft Promising Windows 7 In Time for Christmas '09

The co is starting to promise Windows 7 in time for Christmas '09, earlier than previously anticipated; Microsoft has reportedly told PC and systems engineering partners Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, will be on PCs in time for the next holiday season. That contradicts Microsoft's official party line that Windows 7 would not ship until 2010, three years after Windows Vista received its official launch – The Inquirer http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/08/windows_7_2009/