It looks like Microsoft could be gearing up to release the successor to Vista in October of this year.
A recent report close to Microsoft has revealed that Microsoft would release the RTM version of Windows 7 on October 3, 2009.
This means that there will be no Beta 2 release of Windows 7 and would be the first time that Microsoft has skipped a second beta release.
One reason for Microsoft to release Windows 7 sooner is to minimize the bad press and take up of Vista, which proved to be a letdown in terms of both commercial success and of popularity among users. Among all Windows versions, Vista has been the most criticised operating system that Microsoft has ever released.