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MS-Watch | at | by Mike

How big are Office 2007 and Windows Vista? Apparently, they're big enough for three launches, one of them more unofficial.

It's hard to resist "how many people does it take to screw in a light bulb" jokes, with respect to the number of launches. Yesterday, Microsoft launched Windows Vista for businesses in New York.

An unofficial second launch will come next month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The CES event, where Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will keynote, could be loads of competitive fun. Next year, CES and Macworld occur the same week, and it's a good bet Apple will reveal more about the next version of Mac OS X. It will be Vista versus Leopard week.