Posted on 01/23/2008 9:47:08 AM PST by HAL9000
Excerpt -
A recently-release roadmap for the next major Window release – Windows 7 – indicates that Microsoft is planning to release the new operating system in the second half of 2009, rather than the anticipated release date of some time in 2010.There are apparently three “milestone” builds planned for 2008, and the first one – M1 – has already shipped to key partners for code validation. M1 is for the English language build only, but is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will most likely be the last Windows operating system available in 32-bit, and given the rapid advances Windows Vista is making in the 64-bit computing market, this seems a sensible decision.
~ snip ~
(Excerpt) Read more at apcmag.com ...
So, in other words, rush it to market. That's what they did with Vista - how did that turn out?
Let’s use our customers as beta testers!
By my calculation, Windows 7 is 88 less than Windows 95.
The failure of Vista (a worthless piece of garbage I am forced to support at my job or I would have NOTHING to do with it) is probably a huge part of the reason for the accelerated timetable for its replacement.
The question is, have they learned any lessons about software development practices from that aforementioned failure?
I don’t know if they’ve learned anything but I damn sure have. I’m going to Apple.
That's nothing new for Micro$olth.
They've been doing it for years.
From some searching on the net, it appears the end date for purchasing Windows XP with a new computer or at retail is June 30 of this year. That would leave a year of only Vista systems on new Windows computers before this next operating system comes along. I guess we will have to make do in the meantime or get that piece of crap, which is unlikely to run current hardware (for example I have a HP Laserjet 6P that I bought in 1996 that is doing just fine at age 12). Also XP SP-3 should be out by then too (yeah, I know the beta is out now).
Wonder how big of a committee it took to come up with the name “Windows 7”
Microsoft- The place where creativity goes to die.
As the story went, he had all of Windows function names printed out and their dependencies mapped with lines to connect them. He posted the whole mess on the wall for all the developers to see. Then, on another wall, he posted the same thing for Linux, so they could really see the difference, and what they were up against.
Apparently, he has made some real major changes in the developers' thinking and is making them write a much stronger and more sensible underlying O/S this time around.
As I said, it gives me some hope. I'm not sold yet, but interested to see if it works out. Heck, once the UI guys get hold of it, it could still be ruined anyway. *shrug*
Vista is suffering the same fate as Windows ME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJwwUVQaRY&feature=related
They can make all the fine and dandy features in the world, I don’t care... it is the bloatware OS that really annoys me.
This is good news, assuming they get it right. I’m not eager to leave XP but acknowledge I’ll have to at some point, and Vista doesn’t particularly appeal to me.
Windows 7 will have second generation DRM technology included. There is no reason at all, even if you and I, like most people despise Vista, to celebrate the further destruction of First Amendment Rights and Fair Use rights as Windows 7 promises to do.
As a result of the Windows ME fiasco, Windows XP was a decent product.
Hopefully Vista does suffer the same fate, and as a result this "Windows 7" is a decent product as well.
Somebody has to tell Microsoft that an operating system is supposed to make it easier for programs to run, not be a resource hog program in and of itself.
The first link is well done and funny — I watched it twice. The second, a Chris Cocker-Britney Spears spoof, I closed after ten seconds.
Heck, that first link I e-mailed to everyone. That’s brilliant.
I particularly liked the Bataan Death March of Windows Operating Systems comment.
Yeah, but no comment about the name of WinCE?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.