According to a spokesperson for Microsoft the company expects to continue marketing its operating system Windows Vista until January 2011.
This is a little odd if we think we are now able to download Windows 7 RC, which would be marketed later this year or early next. With one year would be sold both OSes.
As for the support of Vista the company plans to extend it until April 2012, quite short compared with the support of XP, whose expiration date would be April, 2007 (in its various versions).
We know that Microsoft can offer its products for as long as it sees fit, but it is not clear if there is someone willing to buy Vista if Windows 7 is just out of the oven.
Link: Microsoft: Sun Will Slowly Set on Vista (Via PC World)
