Windows 7 - the End of 2009
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As much as Microsoft is trying to make the availability date for the next iteration of the Windows client ambiguous, officially pointing to a development process scoped for 2010, Windows 7 is actually dropping at the end of 2009, were we to believe Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
In the past, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates also indicated that Windows 7 would be released in 2009. The only Microsoft top executive still on translucent barricades at this point in time and holding onto 2010 with both hands is Steven "Don't Call Me Transparent" Sinofsky, the Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group.
Here is the official position from Microsoft, a refrain that the company has played to perfection through its PR mouthpieces: "we are well into the development process of Windows 7, and we're happy to report that we're still on track to ship approximately three years after the general availability of Windows Vista. As always, we will be releasing early builds of Windows 7 prior to its general availability as a means to gain feedback, but we're not yet ready to discuss timing and specific plans for any Beta releases. In the meantime, customers can confidently continue with their Windows Vista deployment plans", revealed Christopher Flores, Director Windows Communications.
But an early 2010 date, even January, just doesn't make sense for the launch of a consumer product. Windows Vista missed the 2006 holiday season by hitting the shelves on January 30, 2007. And the move hurt not only Windows revenues but also PC sales. As of yet Microsoft's strategy for Windows 7 is to not repeat the same mistakes it has done with Vista and to deliver an evolution on the foundation provided by the current Windows client. Shipping in early 2010 would be repeating a Vista mistake.
In this context, one mistake that Microsoft is not repeating, because it simply can't afford to, is overpromise and underdeliver, as it did with Vista. This is why Sinofsky gagged all details on the Windows 7 project. And when the company did start talking it did not touch subjects such as Betas, features or delivery deadlines at all. What it did was focus on what the operating system will actually bring to the table, namely the natural user interface demonstrated at the D6 - All Things Digital, the same place where Ballmer revealed that Windows 7 would hit the shelves by the end of 2009.
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Comments(15)
i cant belive they are releasing windows 7 so early when vista is no where near
finnished, the amount of bugs etc that you get in vista you just know they arent going to
get it all sorted by the release of 7!
i know i will not get caught out again i will wait windows 7 sp1
will there be a
upgrade from vista cheaper the the upgrade from xp.
for all xp bashers, this is you proof taht vista is craaap. even microsoft is ashame of
it.
to ms they must fix many vista bugs first, because i already have vista lol. what's the
point of this. will ms launch either vista sp2 or windows 7, and dont make vista customer
confused, what the f u c k
ms delayed longhorn/vista when they were working to fix xp sp2 so what is the difference
for both vista and windows 7. come on
windows 7? or windows blinds 7? lol
this is just going to be a remake of vista. took more than 5 years to develop vista and
they are cranking this out in a year. it just going to be another vista with more
spyware/anti-pricacy hardware smart detection. change the icons and wallpaper and viola!
another os.......
xpito the heart of windows 7 will in fact be vista. so go back in the corner pull your
little thumb out of your butt and back in your mouth with all the other xp cry babies.
more spyware/anti-piracy hardware smart detection. so what your saying is how dare they
try and protect peoples software, music, movies from being stolen from the likes of you?
and that is a bad thing... why exactly? i mean i want to be able to copy things that i
purchase for my own use, but to say anti piracy is a bad thing makes you sound like a
stinking thief.
hopefully no drm anymore in windows 7. never!
drm has been around for years, time to get over it...
don't expect windows 7 to work on your current hardware if vista doesn't.
man i like vista64 more than xp but with asholes like the guy above me agreeing with me,
i might need to reconsider.
i doubt that vista sp2 will be out the door for long before windows 7 makes its
appearance. or maybe win7 will be like vista sp2 and sp3 combined...?
ms should listen to what we want. not what they think we need.
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Vista hasnt been finnished with
By CJ08 on 29.05.2008 - 08:05