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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has gone the extra mile to make sure he has conveyed the "right" message to the media about the release date of the company's new operating system, Windows Vista. According to Ballmer, who is now in Seoul, his comments yesterday in Tokyo about the release of Vista being pushed back a few weeks were misinterpreted by the press and that Vista is on track to ship in January 2007. However, the cagey CEO has left himself an escape clause.

Ballmer simply reiterated the same open ended statement of yesterday. That is, Vista is on track for January 2007 but - and this is the kicker - the most important thing is getting the quality right. Basically he just said (without actually saying it) that if a bunch of Vista Beta 2 users run up against performance issues, major bugs, compatibility problems and the like, the Vista release will be delayed.

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