microsoft.com - 5/12/2009
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Microsoft Delivers New Wave of Technologies to Help Businesses Thrive in Today’s Economy Company announces Windows 7 on track for holiday season; Windows Server 2008 R2 RC available today. LOS ANGELES — May 11, 2009 — Microsoft Tech•Ed North America 2009 kicked off today with announcements of ...
news.cnet.com - 5/12/2009
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news.cnet.com —
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it is planning
to release Windows 7 this year , in time
for the holiday shopping season. "We are tracking well to a Windows 7 holiday," Microsoft Senior Vice President Bill Veghte said in an interview. Veghte ...
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Microsoft confirms Windows 7 coming this year
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Microsoft confirms Windows 7 Fall release date
CrunchGear —
... Last week, Acer let the cat out of the bag by revealing the expected launch date for Windows 7. There was no real reason to doubt it, but now we’re pretty much sure it’ll be October 23rd or thereabouts. A Microsoft press release has made it all very clear: ...
Microsoft Confirms Holiday Release For Windows 7
OhGizmo! —
... the need to even run off and download any drivers whatsoever.
As for the official release of Microsoft’s latest OS, we’ve heard rumors that point to October 23rd. Now a statement from Redmond has at the very least confirmed that it will indeed be out in time for the “holiday shopping season.” That being said, I still think it is very reasonable to think that October 23rd will in fact be the official date. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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TechED: Windows 7 ship date, Office 2010 Tech Preview, SQL Server 2008 R2 Announced
D' Technology Weblog —
... Candidate (RC) is available today with the final product releasing to market in the same timeframe as Windows 7.
Possibly bigger news is that Tech•Ed attendees will get the first opportunity to participate in the invitation-only Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview program from July 2009. Check out http://www.office2010themovie.com/ and if you’re interested, join the waitlist for the Tech Preview.
More info: Full PressPass ...
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