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The guy who gave the Wi-Fi presentation at WinHEC (Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle) began by telling the vendors at the session that Windows Vista hoped to help them reduce return rates (at retail) of 30 percent for their products. Thirty percent is a catastrophically high figure for Wi-Fi vendors who are engaged in cutthroat competition to begin with--and it says a lot about just how confusing and frustrating network setup can be for us, the users.

"I think that Steve Ballmer is definitely keeping the door open for the possibility that Vista will be late," said Gartner analyst Michael Silver. "Microsoft wants to be sure that Vista's quality is up to standard before making it broadly available."

 

BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the Windows Vista operating system is still on track for early January shipment, putting right the news reports quoting him as saying that shipments could be delayed another few weeks.