"Vista.  The term stirs the imagination to conceive of beautiful possibilities just around the corner.  And “just around the corner” is what Windows Vista has been, and has remained, for the past two years.  In this time, Vista has suffered a series of high-profile delays, including most recently the announcement that it would be delayed until 2007.  The largest software project in mankind’s history now threatens to also be the longest.
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(Slashdot)