It's a lot to ask of one company--to wow us every year.

FORBES: Jobs Fails To Wow At Macworld

Now that Microsoft has freed Windows Vista from the shackles of a five year development process, the company is attempting to the wow starts now us by revealing that it plans to have its next major operating system ready within the next two-and-a-half years, giving Vista's successor an expected release date of late 2009.

ENGADGET: Vista successor "Vienna" planned for late 2009