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Analyzing the operational corporate global structure of the Microsoft Corporation comparing the product line launch of Windows 7 and Vista Windows and how if affected the overall profit margins

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Windows Vista

The Vista project was announced in July of 2005 and was completed in November 2006, three months prior to the release of the product to the public. The project had been initiated under a code name several years previous. In 2001, Microsoft announced a corporate re-organization in order to help facilitate the development of the next generation of Windows products. The company had a string of successful products in the late 1990s, but realized that the next generation of Windows was going to have to function differently in order to remain competitive in the marketplace. The reorganization was intended to promote improved service function on Microsofts products, one element of which was going to be functionality on any device, anywhere. At the time, the move put Jim Allchin in charge of what was known as the Platform Products Group that oversaw both Windows and server applications (Microsoft, 2001)

This development helped to spearhead the development of Vista in its early stages. The original reorganization had left the company with seven business groups. This was changed in 2005, with the seven groups being condensed into three groups. Windows became the flagship product of the Platform Products and Services