Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Apr 2009 22:54 UTC
Now that Windows 7 is more or less finalised on the feature side of things, with the release candidate around the corner, I thought it would be interesting to look back upon what we thought Windows 7 would be - and what we actually hoped Windows 7 would be. So, I dove into our article and comment archive to see how many of our hopes, dreams, and predictions came true.
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I wouldn't say Vista is the ME -- honestly; I think it's got more bad rap than it deserved. It wasn't superseded in an year; it got service packs, and it was a technological upgrade for most part... Not to mention; it's got more admirers ME ever did.
I visualized the next version of Windows to build a DirectX+Avalon API atop MinWin. It was more a dream; but seeing Direct2D and DirectWrite I feel more comfortable with that prediction... Think of it as a counterpart to Apple's CF+Cocoa APIs
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Back when Vista was still Longhorn, and all the tech community was fawning over it, I made the bold statement that "Vista will be the next ME". I was sure I would be right, but I didn't know how right I would be!
This time around, I wasn't so bold. All I've said, aside from some "ooo wouldn't it be awesome if...?" statements, is "While it won't be make or break for Microsoft, a bad Windows 7 release could see a significant drop in Windows market share, and a big opportunity for Apple and Linux." I won't know if I'm right or wrong for a couple of years yet, but present signs say that Windows 7 will have a good release. Microsoft have realised that in the world of tech hype, sometimes less is more.