Microsoft took the unusual step and practically denied the statements made before it's own executive director. As stated in the report of the official representative of the Corporation, Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) made a mistake when he talked about the launch of Windows 8 in April 2012, as plans for the release of the next generation operating system yet. The error was caused by some inaccuracy in the statement, instead of running Windows 8, it would be better to speak only on new hardware platforms for Windows 7. This is due precisely to the fact that Microsoft are looking forward to a new "iron" for Windows 7, which should appear in the current fiscal year, the company.
In his speech at the press conference, Steve Ballmer mentioned not only the new OS, but said "tablets with Windows 8, Tablet PCs, computers and a variety of form factors." It should be understood now that he was talking about similar devices with Windows 7, Microsoft's new message does not say. CEO has repeatedly made statements that are ahead of official announcements, and were aimed at informing the public about the course of development of Microsoft, as well as clarifying the relationship to new proposals. It is worth noting that to date in most cases, Microsoft will withstand a three-year interval of the issuance of new operating systems. The only failure was delayed release OS Windows Vista (draft Longhorn), who was associated with the identified security issue in Windows XP, forcing Microsoft fairly review the policy development of operating systems. If Windows 8 will be released just in terms of a three-year development cycle, then the launch should take place in autumn 2012.