Forget Vista--here comes Vienna

Microsoft says it's planning to release the next update to Windows--known internally as version 7 and formerly code-named Vienna--within three years or so. Current version Vista ran into so many delays and shifts in direction that it took more than five years to arrive. And it could be five months--the end of the year--before SP1 for Vista emerges.

While Microsoft says most people are pleased with Vista, I've heard and seen reports of users sticking to XP while they work out what to do.

So how does the news affect that decision making? Or will it have no impact at all?