[LUAU] From the "translating corporate speak" department:

[Jim Thompson]

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2006/ 
tc20060321_261766.htm

Corporate speak: "We look forward to focusing on an exciting post- 
holiday launch of the new operating system."

English: "Fu(dge)!  Christmas is RUINED!"

MSFT stock drops: http://www.google.com/finance?q=MSFT&btnG=Search&hl=en

Heads roll: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml? 
articleID=183701745&subSection=Breaking+News

Brad Goldberg, general manager of Windows client marketing, told CRN  
that fears of the delay ruining the holiday buying season for  
retailers are overblown. "We got feedback on the retail side that  
January has emerged as a bigger month for consumer and new PC sales  
[than December],” he said.

Meanwhile, linux continues to spread: http://www.celinux.org/elc2006/ 
sessions.html

Waiting to see how many P4 donations HOSEF receives as a result of  
the Vista launch,

Jim