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Don't Hold Your Breath for a New Windows 7 Kernel

But this is what Microsoft has been saying all along about MinWin

By Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor

27th of May 2008, 15:19 GMT

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Just in case you were holding your breath for a new Windows 7 kernel, you might as well exhale. Microsoft has infirmed speculations that the successor of Windows Vista would deliver a new kernel. Rather than revolutionary, the core of Windows 7 will be evolutionary building on the heart of Vista. One of the biggest arguments against the genuine nature of Windows 7 Milestone 1 leaked details was the fact that the release featured a kernel version similar to that of Vista. Microsoft now only provides a sneak peek at the direction it is heading with the

Windows 7 kernel, as well as pointing out what is the starting point.

"Contrary to some speculation, Microsoft is not creating a new kernel for Windows 7. Rather, we are refining the kernel architecture and componentization model introduced in Windows Vista. While these changes will increase our engineering agility, they will not impact the user experience or reduce application or hardware compatibility," revealed Christopher Flores, Director Windows Communications.

The confusion around a potential new kernel for Windows 7 was started by a presentation delivered by Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Eric Traut in 2007. Traut informed that Microsoft was building the MinWin kernel for Windows 7, looking to cut as much as possible the dependencies between the core and the rest of the operating system and to isolate carve the smallest standalone component of Windows.

Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Technical Fellow explained later on that the Redmond company was not diverging from the Windows Vista kernel in a way that would irremediably affect the environment of hardware and software products designed for Windows, but that it was simply taking the core to its next stage in evolution.

"Windows Vista was about improving those things. We are going to build on the success and the strength of the Windows Server 2008 kernel, and that has all of this work that you've been talking about. The key there is that the kernel in Windows Server 08 is an evolution of the kernel in Windows Vista, and then Windows 7 will be a further evolution of that kernel as well," stated Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, according to Beyond Binary.

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Comment #1 by: thomasxstewart on 28 May 2008, 03:13 GMT

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Actual Kernal is called NT6, while previous generation of software, XP to 98 was NT4 or NT5, depending on which & when you got it.

It is Very good Kernal being followed Up is from Server 2008, which is far superior to Vista ultimate. Only Ultimate is NT6, while all server 2008 varieties are NT6. All other vista less than Ultiamte & home premium are still NT5, which is same as having XP, yet runs great in XP type system.

Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.

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