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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I assume it is easier and less time-consuming to write comments here than to deploy code which does really silly and quite exposing text replacements. Not to think about the preceding decision making process, or did you falsely skip that one?
I also assume that you, Thom, should listen more to the critics of your site, while they still dare to bother you with their criticism. In the end it should be in your very own serious interest to improve or sustian the quality of your website.
In the end it is you and your team that put most efforts into the success of this really great website. You don't want to waste these just by not handling it professionally, do you? I understand the discrepancy between the expectations your readers put into you/OS News and your attitude on it as a fun project. But these expectations should make you proud and caring instead of resisting. :-)
Member since:2005-07-03
"OSNews is Exploring the Future of Computing"... And you are 'Managing Editor'? Perhaps it's time to rethink your role here.
Member since:2005-07-06
Reverse psychology mate ;-). I've just proved to you how seriously you take this because you've got a site here that searches for MS and Microsoft and takes out dollar signs because you don't like those kinds of jokes. That's sad. Really.
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2005-07-06
Sigh........... Not really. It's just exceptionally...................sad. At first it was funny, but I do feel just a tad sorry for you.
It's sad on one level in the blase manner in which you admit it. It's even more sad on another level in that it is far more sad that code would be written to protect you and us from all those 'unfunny' jokes and comments than those very same 'unfunny' jokes and comments you want to try and eradicate.
One can only hope that other companies, individuals and projects are getting the same equal and completely even handed treatment from all those dastardly 'jokes' people might make.
I didn't know comments 'mattered'. What would be even better is posting articles that matter and having an even handed and knowledgeable attitude to each, and accepting what you don't agree with. That might help even more ;-).
Besides, I don't know what kind of comment you think will 'matter' to this article.
Too late.