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Q: What about innovation in its pipeline?
A: Microsoft has a number of significant projects going. However, the two most highly anticipated projects are currently the release of Longhorn, the next release of Microsoft's Windows operating system, which is scheduled for a 2006 release, and Xbox.2, which is scheduled for either a late 2005 or early 2006 launch.
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Our main concern overall in the video-game-software industry is that we're getting into the later innings of the current generation of hardware consoles, and gamers and companies are starting to anticipate the next-generation launches of Playstation 3 and Xbox.2 -- most likely in 2006. There's a chance that Microsoft will try to beat Sony to the market by launching Xbox.2 in time for the holiday season of 2005.
Q: What about innovation in its pipeline?
A: Microsoft has a number of significant projects going. However, the two most highly anticipated projects are currently the release of Longhorn, the next release of Microsoft's Windows operating system, which is scheduled for a 2006 release, and Xbox.2, which is scheduled for either a late 2005 or early 2006 launch.
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Our main concern overall in the video-game-software industry is that we're getting into the later innings of the current generation of hardware consoles, and gamers and companies are starting to anticipate the next-generation launches of Playstation 3 and Xbox.2 -- most likely in 2006. There's a chance that Microsoft will try to beat Sony to the market by launching Xbox.2 in time for the holiday season of 2005.