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Windows Longhorn
Microsoft starts talking about new software to be released after Windows XP it was then titled Longhorn -
Details Relesed
Some details about the Longhorn are released on the Microsoft website. -
Longhorn PDC
Bill Gates shows the first live demonstration of the Longhorn at the Microsoft Personal Development Conference. The event was dubbed the Longhorn PDC by Bill Gates -
Release Announced
Bill Gates refers the the target date of Longhorn as 2006 -
Windows Vista
Microsoft officially announces that the new operating systems name is Windows Vista -
Testing Begins
Windows Vista beta 1 reaches the hands of testers -
Corporation Release
The Windows Vista is released to corporations -
Public Release
Windows Vista is released to the general public