. . . "Microsoft said it would spend $450m (??245m) on marketing and launch costs related to its two major product launches in 2007, Windows Vista OS and Office 2007; $450m for sales force and general marketing growth; $1bn (??543m) for the development of high-growth products and services, such as business intelligence, unified communications and IPTV; and another $300m (??163m) in general cost increases" . . .