Ah. yes…The never ending story of Vista’s launch date. Are you getting tired of all this charade ? Well the investors are and its share price is dropping like flies in a Sahara desert.

Microsoft shares fell on Thursday after it declined to dampen rumours that its new Windows Vista operating system might face fresh delays. Its shares closed down 2% after a Microsoft executive appeared to avoid confirming the current January 2007 Vista release data for consumers. Instead, Microsoft’s Kevin Johnson said Vista would be shipped “when it is available”. He was speaking at the firm’s annual financial analyst meeting.

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