Well no as Vista then won't have existed at all. Windows 7 will be what Vista was promoted to be for a long time most likely. Managed core, WinFS, etc etc
Vista is just the "large scale" prototype of Microsoft needed to have something up against Linux and OSX on the 3D Desktop end.
Vista is just the "large scale" prototype of Microsoft needed to have something up against Linux and OSX on the 3D Desktop end.