Microsoft is not delaying Vista again as Beta 2 looms
WinInfo | at | by Mike
A bizarre Gartner research note says that Microsoft "may" delay Windows Vista another two months. But in addition to an official denial from Microsoft, my sources say that the Gartner warning is even more off-base.
Here's what really happened. Earlier this year, Microsoft granted Gartner unprecedented access to its internal processes, apparently in an effort to prove that the software giant was, in fact, on track to ship Vista by the end of 2006 as promised. Gartner, however, came to a different conclusion, and in a research note, the company said that Microsoft will likely delay Windows Vista because it is too complex to make its scheduled late 2006 completion date. Gartner says it believes Microsoft won't be able to ship Windows Vista until April to June 2007. Though the software giant quickly denied this conclusion, it has been widely reported as a fact.