Vista, the new operating system from Microsoft, is on track for a November release to corporate clients and is expected to be available to retail customers in January. RC2, which stands for release candidate 2, a beta (test version) with fixes for bugs in RC1, was released Friday.
Microsoft is in an odd position of releasing the operating system to the public after the upcoming Christmas buying period, so it is widely expected that the company will offer free and/or discounted versions to those who make new computer purchases starting October 28. The company has not made an official announcement on this.
Microsoft announced Wednesday that they will attempt to prevent pirated copies of Vista by reducing the functionality of any copy that is not registered and certified as genuine within 30 days. The company has used this sort of reduced functionality with pirated copies of Windows XP, but has upgraded the mechanism and hopes to severely limit pirated copies of the operating system.
Reuters
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