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October 20, 2006 | Comments: (0)
A turkey: Canada gets Vista 1st, eh?
It's official: Microsoft is going with the Canada-first strategy. Eagle-eyed Microsoft observers cruising the Canadian Microsoft Developer Network site on Friday spotted the announcement that Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 will be introduced at an Edmonton launch event on Nov. 23.
That's Thanksgiving in the US, but not in the Great White North, which gives thanks the second Monday in October. So assuming the site has it right, Microsoft is slipping into the continent from the north, giving Canada a first official look, even as most Americans are nursing themselves out of a Tryptophan coma. Smart money, then, is that the US launch will follow hot on the heels of Canada, probably the next Monday, Nov. 27.
This is all speculation, since MS has been coy about coughing up a US launch date. Still Redmond has been touting a November introduction Stateside, and the Canada launch indicates the pieces are indeed ready. Of course, you won't be able to actually get the disks until January or so, as MS stuffs the channel with product.
But a launch is a launch. Even if it is on Turkey Day.
Posted by Steve Fox on October 20, 2006 05:20 PM
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