Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Aug 2008 22:29 UTC, submitted by Adam S
Windows 7 has been making waves around the net for a while now, and we already know some of the more encompassing goals of Microsoft's next operating system release. It's going to be built on top of the foundations laid out by Vista and Server 2008, but it will not increase hardware requirements. There's going to be a multitouch framework, and a new mystery taskbar. That's more or less all we know. Microsoft also said they were going to be more tight-lipped during the development process, something they will continue to do, but they did open a blog today: Engineering Windows 7. The E7 blog is written by Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky, two senior engineering managers for the Windows 7 product.
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RE[3]: We Already Know What it is
by segedunum on Fri 15th Aug 2008 09:14
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RE[4]: We Already Know What it is
by Thom_Holwerda on Fri 15th Aug 2008 09:34
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Member since:2005-06-29
OSNews isn't looking for instances of MS and Microsoft with dollar signs and doing some swift string replacement, is it?
Cool huh? Technically, we could replace each of your comments with comments that actually matter, and we could replace my comments with ones that aren't totally pointless.
My, wouldn't that improve OSNews.
RE[4]: We Already Know What it is
by twitter on Fri 15th Aug 2008 17:59
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RE[3]: We Already Know What it is
by Thom_Holwerda on Fri 15th Aug 2008 09:32
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Member since:2005-06-29
Hey Thom, we know you have to deal with a lot of crap from lot of ignorant muppets but it might be helpful to be a little less sensitive about (sarcastic) jokes about Vista?
It's not about sensitivity, it's about bad humour. That joke was barely funny the first time, but the 234239432949th time? Still ain't funny.
And seeing the moderations, most agree with me anyway. And we all know that moderations are the end-all-be-all popularity contest. Cough.
RE[4]: We Already Know What it is
by segedunum on Fri 15th Aug 2008 16:51
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Member since:2005-07-06
It's not about sensitivity, it's about bad humour. That joke was barely funny the first time, but the 234239432949th time? Still ain't funny.
I'm not aware that we've heard that *joke* 234239432949 times. You know why? Because it's true, it wasn't intended as a joke and I didn't think I'd need to justify it. It's only what we've learned with many Windows releases, and it's only, you know, the reason why businesses, amongst others, saw Vista as what it was - a prelude to the real release a few years after. You might not *get* the *joke*, but an awful lot of people do judging by actual *events*, and it's entirely justified.
It was also a subtle jibe at the content, or lack of it, in the article. At least when we saw Windows 7 before someone actually did a bit of a demo. At worst, that is a PR job for Microsoft. What do you want people to say about it?
And seeing the moderations, most agree with me anyway.
You'd have been better off not mentioning the moderations Thom. It's as subtle as a brick through your windscreen ;-).
And we all know that moderations are the end-all-be-all popularity contest. Cough.
I believe the phrase is be-all and end-all.
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2007-07-13
Hey Thom, we know you have to deal with a lot of crap from lot of ignorant muppets but it might be helpful to be a little less sensitive about (sarcastic) jokes about Vista? That way your neutrality you strive for as an editor remains unquestioned. And yes, it was a daft joke, but some people are amused by such things (even if it isn't you or I).