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THIS IS ONLY OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE VISTA AND OFFICE "12" CLOSED BETAS!

https://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/...launchcontest/

Originally Posted by Prizes CONTEST PRIZES. The Prizes for the Contest, subject to the judging criteria and verification, including compliance with these Rules, are as follows: First prize: Trip for one person to the official launch event of Windows Vista, return flight, economy class, 3 nights in a 4-star hotel (breakfast included) and the entry to the launch event Second through fourth prize: XBOX 360 Fifth through tenth prize: XBOX 360 Core System The prizes will be shipped to the winners free of all shipping and handling charges. No substitution or transfer of prizes permitted. Prizes are as stated and non transferable. No cash or other alternatives available. Return of Prize notification or Prize as undeliverable, will result in disqualification and an alternate will be selected following the winner selection rules.

And this blogger seems to a little insight...

Originally Posted by Thomas Windows Vista will be released December 1st or November 30th. How do I know? Well, Microsoft EMEA has put up a website where you can guess the launch date for Windows Vista. After you submit a date, it plays a “hint” video. There’s actually a bunch of videos, some of which are quite funny. Anyway, here comes the interesting part: If you take a look at the page source, the videos are hosted on a Microsoft server in Switzerland. And depending on your guess, they are being loaded either from a subdirectory /early/ or another one named /late/. By simple iteration I quickly found that “early” ends Nov 30th while “late” starts Dec 1st. So either one of these will be the launch date. If this all is not a dirty little trick from the webmaster, of course…

Here are the official rules.

November, obviously.

I guessed the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. That sounds like something MS would do.

Originally Posted by AFStealth November, obviously.

Why do you say that? You think it will be early?

Originally Posted by gregthomas77 I guessed the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. That sounds like something MS would do.

There's no black friday demand for a operating system.

Originally Posted by WebScud There's no black friday demand for a operating system.

No? Remember Windows 98?

Originally Posted by gregthomas77 No? Remember Windows 98?

Actually, I don't.

I'm guessing black friday demand? Guess I'll eat my words.

Originally Posted by gregthomas77 No? Remember Windows 98?

Yeah I think I do, didin't it like crash on public televison across the whole world? I think that was windows 98????

August 24!

PS: Windows 98 was released in June.