Microsoft Completes Test Version of Vista

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Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, has completed the test version of its Windows Vista operating system as it works to deliver the program to consumers by January.

The test version, called a release candidate, was made available to about 15,000 Microsoft customers and partners Friday, Kevin Kutz, a director in Microsoft's Windows group, said in an interview. More than 500,000 others will get access Tuesday, Jim Allchin, co- president of platform products and services, wrote in a letter Friday posted on Microsoft's TechBeta Web site.

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Microsoft Completes Test Version of Vista

Already more than two years behind schedule, Microsoft plans to release Vista to corpo...

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