Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released ?sometime in the next year or so.?

The software giant has been aiming to issue more regular updates of the operating system software that powers the majority of the world?s personal computers.

Nevertheless, Gates? comments suggested that a successor to the Vista programme might be released sooner than was generally expected.

Microsoft has said it expected to release a new version of Windows approximately three years after the introduction of Vista in January 2007.

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