next version will be known as Windows Vista (formerly Longhorn)

July 22, 2005

BBC NEWS | Business | Vista opens on Microsoft Windows
The new software should be available in 2006
Windows software runs on 90% of personal computers worldwide Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, has said the next version of its much-delayed operating system will be known as Windows Vista.

The software, until now known by its code name Longhorn, is due for release towards the end of 2006, half a decade after the launch of Windows XP.

To hit the deadline Microsoft has already taken out a number of features it had promised for the system.

A test version will be released by 3 August, the Seattle-based firm said.

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