Many are suggesting that MS will drop some of the planned features in order to get the thing 'out-the-door' faster. As they say, Vista has become such an albatross, MS is willing to do almost anything to "regain" consumers 'trust.' Since the slow process that created Vista didn't seem to work, perhaps the speedy process will!
Or not. It certainly will put more pressure on Apple to
not delay Snow Leopard, since one of it's main benefits is supposed to be extreme stability and not new features. The 64 bit capabilities could/should also be touted. Hopefully, MW die-hards will finally have a useful OS from MS.
