Cloud Computing: Microsoft Says Windows 10 Will Arrive this Summer

Grazed from RedmondMag. Author: Jeffrey Schwartz.

Microsoft’s next desktop operating system will be available this summer, the company announced on Tuesday, a surprising change from the fall timeline forecasted by Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner back in December. Microsoft announced the unexpectedly early delivery date at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), taking place in Shenzhen, China, this week. In a blog post announcing the new release timeframe, Terry Myerson, executive vice president for the Windows platform group at Microsoft, said Windows 10 will be available in 190 countries and 111 languages when it launches.

The new summer timeframe is a wide window, giving Microsoft anywhere between June 21 and Sept. 20 to launch Windows 10. The expedited release may suggest that Microsoft doesn’t want to miss this year’s back-to-school season, a time when many students buy new systems. If that’s the case, Windows 10 will need to be released in June or July, rather than late September…

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