Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th May 2008 13:08 UTC, submitted by stonyandcher
In spite of (or, thanks to?) Windows Vista, a recent release and all, Windows 7 has been getting a lot attention all over the web - even in the non-tech mainstream and print media. Since Microsoft is holding its cards close, people try to get by on little droplets of information, side remarks by Microsoft employees, slip-of-the-tongues, and, of course, plain-old forgery. PC World thinks these screenshots come from a scheduled May 2008 Windows 7 build, but if you look at them with a little more attention to detail, you will easily spot they are - at best - random mockups from Microsoft, or, - most likely - fake.
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yeah, half those look like heavily modified E17 desktops.
Well it wouldn't be the first time MS has borrowed ideas from it's rivals.
(joke) I'm a little confused why Thom would even linked the article if he himself views them as being fake.
Or did I misunderstand Thom's blog?
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These look very much like someone's speculation on the coming interface, rather than actual working screenshots. In fact, some of these have the look and feel of an open-source desktop that has been modified to look Windows-like. This is possible in pretty much every DE and window manager for X.org. It could also be skins created for Stardock products.
I seriously doubt any of this came out of Redmond.