Comments on: Microsoft claims Windows 7 more likely in 2011 – Debunking rumours http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/01/28/microsoft-claims-windows-7-more-likely-in-2011-debunking-rumours/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ken http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/01/28/microsoft-claims-windows-7-more-likely-in-2011-debunking-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-71829 Ken Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:46:37 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/01/28/microsoft-claims-windows-7-more-likely-in-2011-debunking-rumours/#comment-71829 Microsoft is in the uncomfortable position of needing to ride the tiger. On the one hand, you have to put out an OS that has clear advantages over the one it's replacing. Vista has stumbled badly on this count. It further confused the issue by a byzantine collection of different versions. The short sighted use of WGA hasn't slowed piracy to any significant degree. The pirates will get theirs. Ordinary users have been dropped to restricted mode when they were incorrectly identified as thieves. Microsoft has loosened up on this, coming to the conclusion that they need as many copies of Vista running as possible. People using Vista won't be loading Linux. Most of the people will get Vista on new computers anyway, upgrade copies aren't exactly flying off the shelf. The second ear is maintaining compatibility with the huge number of other Microsoft software packages. Dynamics, Project Manager, Outlook and other Office apps, SQL and so on. Manufacturers have to write drivers,apps need to be modified. It would be amazing if 7 is releasd in 2009. Microsoft is in the uncomfortable position of needing to ride the tiger. On the one hand, you have to put out an OS that has clear advantages over the one it’s replacing. Vista has stumbled badly on this count. It further confused the issue by a byzantine collection of different versions. The short sighted use of WGA hasn’t slowed piracy to any significant degree. The pirates will get theirs. Ordinary users have been dropped to restricted mode when they were incorrectly identified as thieves. Microsoft has loosened up on this, coming to the conclusion that they need as many copies of Vista running as possible. People using Vista won’t be loading Linux. Most of the people will get Vista on new computers anyway, upgrade copies aren’t exactly flying off the shelf.

The second ear is maintaining compatibility with the huge number of other Microsoft software packages. Dynamics, Project Manager, Outlook and other Office apps, SQL and so on. Manufacturers have to write drivers,apps need to be modified. It would be amazing if 7 is releasd in 2009.

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