From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"mike"  wrote in message
news:th47t29e9k19g4n4go7q2cpl7jicmh5l17{at}4ax.com...
> Microsoft customers and business partners should expect to
> have Vienna in their hands in two to two-and-a-half years,
> said Ben Fathi, VP of development in Microsoft's operating
> system group
> ===
>
> So a new version of Windows in the latter half of 2009.

That's two to two and a half years Microsoft Time (TM) - means it'll be out
in about 2017, and usable after the first major service packs somewhere
around 2021. Computers powerful enough to actually run the next generation
of copy protection will be available from 2023 onwards.


Antti Kurenniemi
;-)

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