Research firm Gartner said Tuesday that it believed Microsoft would miss its targets and release Windows Vista another three or so months after its current November-January timeframe. The firm claims
Windows Vista was originally scheduled for a 2005 release, but has been repeatedly delayed as the
The period between XP and
Gartner said it expected
Windows XP took five months from its second beta to a release to manufacturing. However, Gartner says that
On top of the extra time needed, Gartner notes that it takes up to two months to get the operating system onto new computers.
In a response to BetaNews, a Microsoft spokesperson said, "We respectfully disagree with Gartner’s views around timing of the final delivery of Windows Vista. We remain on track to deliver Windows Vista Beta 2 in the second quarter and to deliver the final product to volume license customers in November 2006 and to other businesses and consumers in January 2007."
Gartner's claims of a delay came on the same day as news that Microsoft was dropping support for yet another feature in the initial release of Windows Vista. The operating system will not support integration of RSA's SecurID authentication tokens as originally planned.
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