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- Windows 7
- The successor to Windows Vista. Expected no earlier than 2010 and formerly code named "Blackcomb" and "Vienna," Windows 7 is supposed to be more user friendly, focusing on how...
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- Vista mistakes Microsoft won't repeat with Windows 7
- Vista mistakes Microsoft won't repeat with Windows 7Vista DOES NOT run DOS apps ....Vista does not run my DOS apps at least in a usable fashion.Been there, done that, got the old XP re-install to prove it.It's a feature.It isn't necessarily the cause of Windows being crap.Linux and MAC can...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, DOS, Microsoft Corp., DOS App, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- About that leaked Windows 7 feature-request list...
- About that leaked Windows 7 feature-request list...Why Ask For Feedback, If You Intend To Ignore It?Microsoft goes to the trouble to compile a list of features that everyone wants, but they will not deliver.Microsoft can now say:"We know you wanted that new file system, to bad!!!""We know you wanted security,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Report: StrongBox, Component Delivery Platform to debut in Windows 7
- Report: StrongBox, Component Delivery Platform to debut in Windows 7"... a series of releases..."Quoting a quote:"Microsoft has assembled a small team in the Core of the Windows Division whose primary task is to gain control of this problem and, over a series of releases, begin to alleviate it."Neither Vista nor...
- Tags: Component Delivery Platform, StrongBox, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Podcast: News to know midday: HP beefs up software; Search privacy; Windows 7
- On today's podcast: HP beefs up its software business with Opsware; Privacy is the hot thing among search engine giants; Windows 7: Coming in 2010.
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Drawing more Microsoft roadmaps
- Now that Microsoft has provided an official ship target for Windows 7, the next major version of Windows client, it's time for some educated guess work.Windows 7 is the only piece of the Windows client roadmap for which Microsoft is willing to provide a date right now. Here's what I'd...
- Tags: Windows XP, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Windows Midmarket Server, Windows client, Windows 7, SharePoint Server, Office 2007, Office, Fiji, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Windows Seven: Think 2010
- Windows Seven now has an official ship target -- 2010.At Microsoft's Global Exchange MGX annual sales conference in Orlando this week, Microsoft shared a bit more -- albeit at a high level -- on Windows Seven, according to a copy of a slide deck I saw that was distributed...
- Tags: Windows Live, Windows client, Windows 7, Vista, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Can Microsoft create a reality-distortion field?
- The past couple of weeks of twists and turns along the road to obtaining info about Vista Service Pack 1 has gotten me thinking about RDFs -- reality distortion fields.Given that RDF may be less familiar to Windows users than Apple ones, here's a quick recap: "Reality distortion field RDF...
- Tags: Windows XP, Windows client, Windows 7, Linux, Google, Corporate strategy, Code names, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- It is time to stop the spread of Vista SP1 misinformation!
- Microsoft wants you to be informed about the current state of the Windows Vista SP1 beta.(Not really, but they are pretending they do....)Here is the latest official missive on Vista SP1 from Microsoft headquarters:"There will be a Windows Vista service pack and our current expectation is that a beta will...
- Tags: Windows client, Windows 7, Vista, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Microsoft hones its future Windows feature-set list
- In December 2006, Microsoft requested feedback from a select group of invitees regarding what they would like to see fixed, changed and/or added to future Windows builds. The Windows team got an earful: Nearly 800 new feature requests, another 560-plus change requests and almost 400 defects.The Windows team has winnowed...
- Tags: Vista, Windows 7, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Even Softies get the Vista installation blues
- This is one for all of you readers who've had trouble installing Windows Vista. Don't feel bad. Even some Microsoft developers -- who have the Vista team on premise -- can't manage to upgrade to Vista.Microsoft developer Andy Pennell wanted to install Vista at home. (Pennell is a developer on...
- Tags: Windows XP, Windows client, Windows 7, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- More Windows Vista SP1 sightings (and frustrations)
- The more Microsoft tries to keep a lid on Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1 information, the more testers and customers are going out of their way to find leaks.There was much ado at last month's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC over a Vista SP1 sighting during a presentation.On June...
- Tags: Windows client, Windows 7, Vista, Fiji, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- What will many cores mean to future Windows releases?
- Windows and existing Microsoft programming languages work just fine with one- to four-processor PCs. But when 8- 16 and 64-core client machines become the norm -- in the not-so-distant future -- will Windows, C#, Visual Basic and other Microsoft applications be able to keep up?Seemingly, the answer is no. Microsoft...
- Tags: .Net Framework, App Compatibility, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Research, Virtualization, Visual Studio Orcas, Windows 7, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Windows Server team: No detours from the roadmap
- The Windows client team may have decided that it's done talking futures. But the Windows Server team isn't afraid to show off its planned roadmap.At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC on May 16, Microsoft officials talked about the company's next few planned releases. As previously indicated, Microsoft is readying...
- Tags: Fiji, Corporate strategy, Code names, Vista, Windows 7, Windows client, Windows Midmarket Server, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn, WinHEC
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- What you won't hear Microsoft talk about at WinHEC 2007
- Usually, at the annual Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conferences WinHECs, Microsoft provides its system partners with some information about whats coming next on the operating systems front. Even if not a full-fledged roadmap, usually there are a few hints, a handful of futures slides, a couple of thinly-veiled references...
- Tags: Fiji, Corporate strategy, Code names, Vista, Windows 7, Windows client, WinHEC
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Vista: Whatever happened to fast boot?
- Anyone else remember when Microsoft used to talk about making Windows Vista (or Longhorn, as it was then known) a fast-booting operating system. Fast, as in cold boots that were 50 percent faster than those possible with Windows XP? Something obviously went awry. As Computerworld is reporting, a number...
- Tags: Windows XP, Vista, Windows client, Windows 7
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- Office 14: Think first half of 2009
- Office 14, the follow-on to Office 2007, is due out in the first half of calendar year 2009, according to a slide deck allegedly from Microsoft, posted on the AeroXperience blog. The timeline states that the first beta of Office 14 is due out in the first half of...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Office, Office 2007, SharePoint Server, Vista, Windows 7
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Microsoft tries to stuff the Windows 7 genie back in the bottle
- A few days after a Windows Core operating System Division executive said to expect the next version of Windows to ship intwo years, Microsoft is attempting to distance itself from his pronouncement. Microsoft posted to its press Web site on February 13 an official "Microsoft Statement in Response to...
- Tags: Windows 7, Corporate strategy, Vista, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- The countdown clock is officially ticking: Windows 7 due in 2009
- At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told some members of the Windows Featured Communities team that the next version of Windows would be out some time in two to four years from now. This week, Windows Core Operating System Division Corporate Vice President Ben...
- Tags: Vista, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Code names, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2007-02-10
- News to know: Google Docs Presently; Windows 7
- Notable headlines: Google Docs to support Power Point presentations soon. Google prepares "Presently."Dell to cut bonuses, trim management.Gootube Terrorizes Copyright Owners by Withholding Filters.VMware takes virtualization downstreamZero-day #5: Beware of unexpected Excel files. IE 7 gives secure Web sites the greenlight.Connecting the dots on Windows 7. Glitch hampers Vista family...
- Tags: General, Google Inc., Windows 7
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Connecting the dots on Windows 7
- What will Windows 7, the next full version of the Windows client operating system, bring to the table? Even though Windows Vista just made it out the door, it doesnt seem to early for the speculation on its successor to begin. And Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has become one...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Corporate strategy, Microsoft Windows, Vista, Windows 7, Windows client, Windows Live
- Blog posts 2007-02-04
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