Well consummate me pink - Microsoft rolled out Neil Armstrong to Dublin for the launch of Vista. Turns out he's not somebody we'd care to meet twice... Well, insofar as we dealt with him on the day. Chap refused to sign autographs or have photographs released to the press - which kind of begs the question as to what Microsoft was paying his appearance fee for, but how and ever.

Ohh well, at least it's something to tell the grandkids. Other than Armstrong there's not much to report on Vista, except this rollout strategy agreed among engineers, journalists and Microsoft people alike (though not all vocalised): If you're a Small to Medium business owner, you'll get Vista with your next refresh - IE by about H2 2007. If you're a consumer, you're going to get Vista in 2007 largely whether you like it or not, if you're buying an anyway new system. Corporate users won't start rolling out Vista in any major way until at least the end of 2007. Expect to still see corporate users still using XP right the way through '07.

Having been somebody who was still using Windows 2000 until slightly after Service Pack 2 arrived for XP, I don't think I'll be rushing to be an early adopter (Read: Glorified bug tester) for Microsoft.