The changes we are making will provide a feature-complete Windows Vista to our customers sooner.

We are accelerating development to get most features done by the end of December and all features integrated early next year.

Our customers will have a feature-complete Windows Vista sooner in their hands than any previous Windows release.

The Beta 2 is still an important milestone for broad customer testing, but it is less urgent.

First and foremost, we are still on track for general availability in the second half of calendar year 2006.

The global centre will create a portfolio of replicable industry solutions, being developed by combining the skill sets of our business consulting, research, software, systems, engineering, and emerging technologies.