"We will start selling Vista when it is ready" - financial analysts said Kevin Johnson, co-president of one of the key units of Microsoft, at the annual congress in Redmond. He refused to give any detailed timetable. Microsoft will overcome stages "step by step" - he continued. Along with the new set of office programs of Office, the new Windows OS will gather a larger share of profits in the segment of software producers.

Delays release the next generation of Windows, which, by the way, make up 90 per cent of the market, can also affect the manufacturers of personal computers and processors, as well as buyers postpone the purchase of new computers until svezhayshego software on the shelves of stores.

Vista has been delayed several times, the last time it did earlier this year because of the wrong quality, the new approximate date - early 2007.

Any delay next abandon shadow on the newly reorganized management team, which at the moment reflects fierce attack competitors in the industry.

Google, the online advertising giant, has already read his intentions to enter the software market by buying Writely - a direct competitor of Microsoft Word.

Microsoft plans to avenge, investing a billion in its own internet services. Ra Ozzy, guru of Microsoft, analysts shared with his eye: Microsoft is ready to abandon the concept of "computer at the head" - her company followed the last 30 years: "We are in a new era, an era in which the Internet is fundamental."