Microsoft releasing Windows 7 for sales at an earlier date provides an economic indicator that the software giant is anxious to increase sales on the latest version of Windows.

As with all businesses, Microsoft has one of the largest work forces in the world today and to maintain that position, it too must keep cash flow at positive levels.

Let's hope that the news of releasing Windows 7 is simply to accentuate the economic situation of the company and not simply to put another defunct version of the program on the market.