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Windows 7 Shows Microsoft Hasn't Learned Vista Lessons
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| The project was called MinWin, a Microsoft effort to slim down the next
| version of Windows. The company said it had heard, loud and clear, that
| another bloated OS like Vista wouldn't fly. Then Windows 7 galumphed into the
| room.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/windows_7_shows.html
Microsoft needs to lift its head out of the sand
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| No. Why don't we say that Windows 7 will be out in late 2009 or early 2010,
| it'll use the same driver models, the kernel is an evolutionary improvement,
| and everything that we wished could have worked better in Vista we will
| deliver in Windows 7?
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| [...]
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| But until it does that, it should expect people to be skeptical and wonder if
| a Microsoft operating system is really best for them. After all, those people
| can only judge the future by looking at the past. And if the past year and a
| half is any indication, Microsoft has some work to do to repair its
| reputation.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-9952370-17.html
Enough vapourware and experimental ME2/ME3. Time to just use a platform that
works... *today*.
Why would you want to try Linux?
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| In the end, your computer is a tool. You use it do do stuff. Does it matter
| to you what color your screwdrivers are? Does it matter to you what OS you
| use as long as you can accomplish what you want? If the answer is no, save
| yourself a little money and try Linux, you might be surprised to see what
| you've been missing.
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http://linuxgeeksunited.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-would-you-want-to-try-linux.html
Recent:
Eight Things About Windows 7
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| 1. Windows 7 won't be much different from Windows Vista...
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| 2. There's no new kernel or modular design...
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| 3. The user interface won't radically change....
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/eight_things_about_windows_7.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Going out of business sale! Buy XP before it’s too late!
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| I don’t recall ever seeing any company advertising the ‘old’ product over
| the ‘new’ product so strongly before, but Vista’s stink has grown so strong
| that it makes good business sense to promote XP over Vista. Has anyone ever
| been actually able to make a solid case for using Vista over XP? I haven’t
| seen one.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/going_out_of_business_sale_buy_xp_before_its_too_late
Are These Windows Transparent or Translucent?
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| Besides myth busting, there is Microsoft's desperate need to get out
| something positive about Windows. That's not easy with all the negative Web
| chatter about Vista and the constant nitpicking of Apple "Get a Mac" TV
| commercials. Silence is golden only when there is no other noise. Given how
| bad the Vista talk is, perhaps Microsoft executives think that they can get
| away with talking Seven without causing too much sales harm to the current
| operating system.
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| That said, including today's reaffirmation of a ship date—"approximately
| three years after the general availability of Windows Vista," according to
| Chris' credited blog—any information risks freezing sales. I see extremes
| rather than middle ground. Either Microsoft executives see that even limited
| information disclosure can do little more harm, or they don't care—meaning
| they've already given up on Windows Vista.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/are_these_windows_transparent_or_translucent.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/6odkvq
What we do know about Windows 7
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| Windows 7 will be a minor update to Vista — with “minor,” here, meaning as
| less disruptive as possible to users and their applications. Microsoft has
| said Windows 7 will use the same driver model that Vista did.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1413
Windows 7: The information lockdown continues
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| I’m hearing increasing dissatisfaction from Microsoft customers, testers and
| other sources typically in the insider track that Microsoft still hasn’t
| shared any Windows 7 information. The silence is deafening — and
| disconcerting — they say. As was the case with Internet Explorer 8, the issue
| isn’t whether Microsoft’s Windows client team is sitting on its hands, doing
| nothing; instead, the worry is that Microsoft is moving full-steam-ahead to
| build a Windows 7 that won’t have a whole lot of input from outsiders. After
| the compatibility and marketing nightmares that have plagued Vista, one would
| think Microsoft might be interested in letting its users have more sway on
| what they really want from a new version of Windows.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1406
Related:
Microsoft Clears Gates-Induced Confusion about Windows 7
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| This statement created widespread confusion as most people understood that
| the final version of Windows 7 would be released next year, much earlier than
| expected. However, since this was Gates talking, and with all the fuss
| concerning Vista's failure on the market, people started wondering whether
| Microsoft changed its plans and wants to speed up the release of Windows 7,
| the next operating system from the Redmond company, due to replace Vista.
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| However, a Microsoft spokesman told CNN that in fact the industry veteran was
| talking about alpha or beta versions, as it usually happens, and not the
| final product.
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http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Microsoft_Clears_Gates_Induced_Confusion_about_Windows_7_16026.html
Microsoft : Windows 7 still in planning stage and will take approximately 3
years to develop.
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| January 26th, 2008. Looks like Microsoft is NOT planning to release Windows 7
| in 2009. Microsoft's official response, by an email dated 26th January, 2008,
| to WinVistaClub states that Windows 7 is still in the planning stage and will
| take approximately 3 years to develop.
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http://www.winvistaclub.com/i7.html
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