Windows 7 is a desperate attempt to replace Windows Vista

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361

"The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has accelerated
the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace
Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7 may
mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
"early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:

Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its enterprise
reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than they can. It won't
take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes of Vista (which, despite
its reputation, did incorporate some good ideas) into a solid OS that
corporate IT actually wants.

read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361

Ed Bott is an award-winning technology writer with more than two decades'
experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications. See
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"Ron" <> wrote in message
news:...
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>
> "The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has
> accelerated
> the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace
> Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7 may
> mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
> "early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
> Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:
>
> Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its enterprise
> reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than they can. It
> won't take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes of Vista (which,
> despite its reputation, did incorporate some good ideas) into a solid OS
> that corporate IT actually wants.
>
> read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>
>
>

"Ron" <> wrote in message
news:...
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>
> "The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has
> accelerated
> the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace
> Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7 may
> mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
> "early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
> Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:
>
> Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its enterprise
> reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than they can. It
> won't take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes of Vista (which,
> despite its reputation, did incorporate some good ideas) into a solid OS
> that corporate IT actually wants.
>
> read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>
>
>
So you are excited by this? Go outside and play. Who cares about the next
version of Windows coming out in 2 years. It's about as interesting as the
Presidential race on TV.

YAWN

"Ron" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ed Bott is an award-winning technology writer with more than two decades'
> experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications.
> See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
>
> See his full profile http://blogs.zdnet.com/bio.php#bott


Ed is also a Microsoft MVP

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...1-AD1E542BE48D

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

Ron wrote:

> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>
> "The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has accelerated
> the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace
> Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7 may
> mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
> "early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
> Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:
>
> Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its enterprise
> reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than they can. It won't
> take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes of Vista (which, despite
> its reputation, did incorporate some good ideas) into a solid OS that
> corporate IT actually wants.
>
> read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>
>
>
Most salient though:

"I certainly don’t expect any big changes in Windows 7. In fact, I’m
willing to bet that one of its key design goals is that any driver or
app written for Windows Vista must work perfectly on Windows 7. All of
the compatibility and reliability fixes that have already gone into
Windows Vista will be part of Windows 7 from day 1, making it much less
likely that users will experience the sorts of headaches that early
adopters experienced in the first six months after Vista’s release.

I expect to see Internet Explorer 8, a bunch of new digital media
features, and some tweaking of User Account Control to make it less
obtrusive. Mary Jo is right to call this “a smaller, more finite
release,” not a big bang like Vista. Those who are predicting that
Windows 7 will include some radically stripped-down kernel (the
so-called MinWin project) or a new file system are missing the point
completely."

Frank

Bill Yanaire wrote:
> "Ron" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>
>> "The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has
>> accelerated
>> the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace
>> Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7 may
>> mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
>> "early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
>> Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:
>>
>> Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its enterprise
>> reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than they can. It
>> won't take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes of Vista (which,
>> despite its reputation, did incorporate some good ideas) into a solid OS
>> that corporate IT actually wants.
>>
>> read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>
>>
>>
> So you are excited by this? Go outside and play. Who cares about the next
> version of Windows coming out in 2 years. It's about as interesting as the
> Presidential race on TV.
>
> YAWN
>
>

I'm more interested in the new version of Ubuntu that comes out *every
six months* and just gets better and better.

Alias

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Alias wrote:

> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>
>> "Ron" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>>
>>> "The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has
>>> accelerated
>>> the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace
>>> Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7
>>> may
>>> mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
>>> "early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
>>> Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:
>>>
>>> Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its
>>> enterprise reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than
>>> they can. It won't take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes
>>> of Vista (which, despite its reputation, did incorporate some good
>>> ideas) into a solid OS that corporate IT actually wants.
>>>
>>> read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> So you are excited by this? Go outside and play. Who cares about the
>> next version of Windows coming out in 2 years. It's about as
>> interesting as the Presidential race on TV.
>>
>> YAWN
>>
>>
>
> I'm more interested in the new version of Ubuntu that comes out *every
> six months* and just gets better and better.
>
> Alias
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/

hehehe...when do you think it will be ready to actually use...5, 10 or
more yrs...LOL!
Frank

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:39:37 -0800, Frank <> wrote:

> any driver or
>app written for Windows Vista must work perfectly on Windows 7


Now that would nice, would be a first in M$ history. Maybe they've
learn their lesson after the Vista disaster.

Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>
>>> "Ron" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>
>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>>>
>>>> "The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has
>>>> accelerated
>>>> the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace
>>>> Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows
>>>> 7 may
>>>> mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
>>>> "early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
>>>> Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:
>>>>
>>>> Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its
>>>> enterprise reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than
>>>> they can. It won't take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes
>>>> of Vista (which, despite its reputation, did incorporate some good
>>>> ideas) into a solid OS that corporate IT actually wants.
>>>>
>>>> read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> So you are excited by this? Go outside and play. Who cares about
>>> the next version of Windows coming out in 2 years. It's about as
>>> interesting as the Presidential race on TV.
>>>
>>> YAWN
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'm more interested in the new version of Ubuntu that comes out *every
>> six months* and just gets better and better.
>>
>> Alias
>>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/
>
> hehehe...when do you think it will be ready to actually use...5, 10 or
> more yrs...LOL!
> Frank

I've been using it for over a year and it's ready, much more ready than
Vista ever will be.

Alias

"Alias" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Frank wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Ron" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>
>>>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>>>>
>>>>> "The most common comment I've read lately is that Microsoft has
>>>>> accelerated
>>>>> the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to
>>>>> replace
>>>>> Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7
>>>>> may
>>>>> mean Vista's "early demise." APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this
>>>>> "early release," complete with a screenshot it calls "probably fake."
>>>>> Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:
>>>>>
>>>>> Will Microsoft ship Windows 7 early in an effort to salvage its
>>>>> enterprise reputation? I'm guessing yes, if for no other reason than
>>>>> they can. It won't take a major engineering effort to turn the ashes
>>>>> of Vista (which, despite its reputation, did incorporate some good
>>>>> ideas) into a solid OS that corporate IT actually wants.
>>>>>
>>>>> read the full article here http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=361
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> So you are excited by this? Go outside and play. Who cares about the
>>>> next version of Windows coming out in 2 years. It's about as
>>>> interesting as the Presidential race on TV.
>>>>
>>>> YAWN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm more interested in the new version of Ubuntu that comes out *every
>>> six months* and just gets better and better.
>>>
>>> Alias
>>>
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/
>>
>> hehehe...when do you think it will be ready to actually use...5, 10 or
>> more yrs...LOL!
>> Frank
>
> I've been using it for over a year and it's ready, much more ready than
> Vista ever will be.
>
When I tried it, my TV card wouldn't work, so I couldn't watch HDTV. It
works fine in Vista, even 64-bit drivers have been made available.