Created Mon 28th Jan 8:32am PST by 
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Will Windows 7 be released in 2009?
Current forecast: 53% chance 
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Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 53% likely to happen (up 1% in last 1 day)
Is the schedule for Windows 7 being moved forward due to poor Windows Vista sales?
Question will settle as yes if a final (non-beta) version of Windows 7 is released to some end-users during 2009 (ie. retail users only, or business users only counts as a yes, but only released to OEMs without any OEMs releasing a product running on it would count as a no).
Question will settle as yes if a final (non-beta) version of Windows 7 is released to some end-users during 2009 (ie. retail users only, or business users only counts as a yes, but only released to OEMs without any OEMs releasing a product running on it would count as a no).
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Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 2009 11:59pm PST (1 year to go)
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 25%
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Created Mon 28th Jan 8:32am PST by dojikami
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Edited Thu 6th Mar 12:58pm PST by 
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Settlement requested Sun 20th Apr 2:08pm PDT by 
ironman288: Microsoft itself has confirmed that Windows 7 will not be released in 2009:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/microsoft-finally-confirms-windows-7-for-2010-launch/
ironman288: Microsoft itself has confirmed that Windows 7 will not be released in 2009:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/microsoft-finally-confirms-windows-7-for-2010-launch/
Clarified Tue 22nd Apr 5:18am PDT by 
tomg: Still not 99.9% certain it will not be shipped in 2009 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=426
tomg: Still not 99.9% certain it will not be shipped in 2009 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=426
Changed Description Fri 24th Oct 9:48am PDT by 
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chris: show details ... for Windows 7 being moved upforward due to poor Windows Vista sales??<br/> <br/> Question will settle as yes if a final (non-beta) version of Windows 7 is released to some end-users during 2009 (ie. retail users only, or business users only counts as a yes, but only released to OEMs without any OEMs releasing a product running on it would count as a no).
Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 2009 11:59pm PST (1 year to go)
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