Microsoft's trifecta: Vista, Longhorn, Office betas released

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In an unprecedented move, Microsoft simultaneously placed its bet on the release on Tuesday of beta versions of its three major upcoming software releases -- Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server, code-named Longhorn.

"We have never had this synchronized in this way before," said Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates during his keynote to kick off Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle. Beta 2 of Vista, Office 2007 and Longhorn will all be available this week.