Integrated Launch Day for Vista, Office, Exchange?

Microsoft sure seems to like integrated launch dates! I guess it works for them though – my recollection of the Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 launch day is that went very well and generated good press coverage for both applications (and not surprisingly, highlighted how well they work together).

There’s a story floating around today that Microsoft will ship Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange 2007 on December 5th. Apparently ZDNet have since taken down the article, and it isn’t clear why. Hence the question mark in the title of this post. I do think an integrated launch for the applications would be a smart idea though!

Here are some related news articles from today:

• “Vista remains on schedule for worldwide release to corporate customers in November“
• “Microsoft announced that Windows Vista would ship on time, everywhere, ending speculation of another delay“
• “The company also confirmed that it would be releasing Windows Vista in Europe and Korea on schedule“