Windows Vista may be delayed once again
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer indicated Windows Vista could face further delays beyond a planned January retail release as the company gets feedback from a test version released Tuesday.
The release date could be moved by "a few weeks," Ballmer said at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday. "We are on track for shipping early in the year." Ballmer's comments come amid concerns Microsoft may have to delay Vista again, further crimping its own sales and those of personal computer makers. Research firm Gartner Inc. and Rick Sherlund, an analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co., earlier this month said the software, initially slated for 2004, may be pushed further into 2007. On March 21, Microsoft moved the retail launch to January instead of this year.