and its partners are coming into that demanding period of time that takes place every last time a brand new Windows release is poised to debut: The lull just just before the arrival of the future big thing. But it looks such as the Redmondians are readying some new purchaser and online business incentives to keep the pipeline primed. is expected to release Windows 7 to manufacturing approximately August July of this 12 months. Then there are going to be a interval of “a few months” (as acknowledged recently by Windows Client Chief Financial Officer Tami Reller) prior to customers is going to be able to buy it. This just in (literally) from a company spokesperson: “Microsoft today announced that Windows 7 GA will undoubtedly be on 10/22. There will also be considered a Tech Guarantee type program known as Windows Upgrade Option. More details are to come in Steve Guggenheimer’s keynote at Computex in Taipei tomorrow (10:30p PT).” Update No. 2: There’s a Microsoft Windows Blog post announcing the October retail-availability date — and the anticipated fact that Windows Server 2008 R2 is on the same general-availability path,
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