Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 is right on track for release in 2010. Concomitantly with the leaked details associated with Windows 7 Milestone 1 dropped by the Redmond company to select partners in January 2008, a potential timetable for the availability of the successor of Windows Vista was also made public. According to the leaked information on the next iteration of the Windows platform, having just reached M1, the final version of Windows 7 was to be wrapped up the end of 2009.
Officially, the Redmond company has only been saying that
Windows 7 development would take an estimated three-year timeframe. However, Microsoft always failed to specify the moment when the three-year timeframe started. The debut of Windows 7 development was indeed connected with the release of Windows Vista, but this aspect only contributed to the confusion because the latest Windows client was launched to businesses in November 2006 and to the general public in January 2007. So in this context, the finalization of Windows 7 could just as easily be aimed for the end of 2009, as well as 2010.
Well, this is no longer the case. Microsoft explained that it would deliver Windows 7 three years after the consumers launch of Vista. "We are currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and development is scoped to three years from Windows Vista Consumer GA. The specific release date will be determined once the company meets its quality bar for release," a Microsoft spokesperson revealed to Softpedia via email.
Windows Vista Consumer GA means nothing more than the general availability of the operating system. In this regard, Microsoft has merely reconfirmed what it has in fact said since mid 2007, that Windows 7 is planned for 2010. Recently, the Redmond company has delivered a build of Windows 7 for review to the U.S. antitrust regulators. This was made public via the "Joint status report on Microsoft's compliance with the final judgments."
I contacted Microsoft and asked whether the new version of Windows 7 was still M1 or if the company has reached Milestone 2 (M2). The leaked timetable for Windows 7 had M1 set to expire in May, and M2 to be delivered in April/May. Outside of the confirmation quoted above, Microsoft did not comment on Windows 7 M1, M2 or the potential antitrust issues that would be generated by the connecting of Windows 7 with Windows Live Wave 3. Update: correction - Windows 7 M1 is said to expire in May 2008, not March, with M2 expected in April/May.
One more release from Microsoft. Why do they need to make new version of Windows? Is it because people aint happy with Vista or is it because they want to rip off more people? The point I am trying to make is can't they make just one version which is bugless and works perfect for atleast 1 one year!! I guess Bill Gates just want normal people to spend more and more money. Why? Why? Why?
Reply #1.1 by Christian Schiffer on 2008-03-14, 08:44 GMT
Because the work moves ahead, that why we start developing the next version of our software the day we release our current version.
Bugless software does not exist. The most we can get is an extreemly stable version. Windows 7 will hopefully run on the new core (minwin) witch would give it a stability unheard og before.
If Microsoft is able to release Windows 7 on a minwin core that would most probably be the end for Linux.
Reply #1.2 by Mike on 2008-03-14, 08:47 GMT
"Why do they need to make new version of Windows?"
You can ask that question of any OS...
Why do they need to make new version of UNIX?
Why do they need to make new version of LINUX?
Why do they need to make new version of MacOS?
Why do they need to make new version of NetWare?
The only OS's that aren't currently being worked on are the ones that on one uses.
They don't make new OS's to 'rip off more people,' they make new OS's because there is a demand for cutting edge software.
If Windows Vista is as bad and buggy as you say it is then that fact would be all over the news media. Rather the only complaints you hear of Windows Vista come from pseudo-techies posting their rants on message boards and their personal blogs.
I've been using Vista for the better part of a year and haven't come across a BSOD or any other anomaly that would make my experience anything other than pleasurable. Windows XP is great, Windows Vista is better.
Reply #1.3 by compgeek on 2008-03-14, 09:24 GMT
Why do companies make anything new? Is it because people are not happy with old stuff (visa vie gramaphone records)? Or the companies just want to rip people off? Why Why Why?
What a ridiculous question!!!
Reply #1.4 by Jon H on 2008-03-18, 20:25 GMT
Last time I checked, Microsoft was a for-profit business. That means that they have to continue to pump out products in order to remain profitable.
In the time period that Microsoft developed and then released Vista, Apple released a number of shitty versions of OSX. If you want to get pissy at a company, how about at a company (Apple) that makes clients pay for what are, in essence, service packs?
Reply #1.5 by frem on 2008-04-04, 17:00 GMT
"Bugless software doesn't exist"
WRONG. I've written programs without bugs. Bugs exist because it is too timely and costly to fix all border issues. It very well could be done, that is, releasing a bugless version of windows, but they'd rather hope people don't find the exploits- and when they do its patched.
A bug is caused by user error somewhere down the line, be it assembly, architecture of the computer, or raw source code.
"Every glitch happens for a reason"
Comment #2 by Josh the Nerd on 2008-03-14, 09:46 GMT
The leaked timetable had M2 scheduled for April/May. I also don't think it listed M1's expiration date, which according to one of your previous posts, is May 2008.
Reply #2.1 by Gary Vincent OMalley on 2008-03-17, 10:36 GMT
Improvements are made regardless of "customers being happy or not"..
If you owned your own successful business in any industry you would knoq the phrase "value added'..
Possibly Microsoft customers are soooo happy they are demanding more.. more from their software is not limited to fixing "bugs".. in fact the vast majority of upgrades are value added.. not bugs or "security risks"..
Comment #3 by Coccodrillo on 2008-03-15, 05:08 GMT
Without wanting to get into VIsta vs. XP debate, the following prove that MS is in a rush to get a new OS out in 2010. Whether has Vista become a "victim of XP success" or because all the groundbraking features of the Longhorn fell out during development is anybody's guess. The most painful surely being WinFS, which would bring revolution to the ease of programming as well as stability of applications.
Now, Windows XP hadn't got a succesor for 6 years and Vista is getting it after 3 years. Vista got its first price cut after only a year while XP (atleast where I live) got their first only after 3 years. The price cut for Vista was introduced to increase the percentage of Vista actually sold, because right now large majority of it is "sold" with new computers.
Windows 7 must therefore come soon and bring the computing to a whole new level, otherwise a lot of people won't know why upgrade. "Smart" moves like limiting DX10 to Vista aren't gonna help. Claims that it's not possible while a group of hack wannabes does it, doesn't improve either. I think MS should devote some more time to the way people use their computers (Word 2007 seems as a likely step in the right direction).
Comment #4 by harveysburger on 2008-03-15, 12:33 GMT
as for Vista BSOD, I must admit I haven't seen them yet after 6 months of Vista, however my computer restarted for no reasons probably two dozen times (by digging in the event logs I can always find out the cause of what happen but it's always something stupid that the OS should have been able to handle in some other ways then rebooting my computer...)
as far performance goes, my new computer is far more powerful then my previous XP Pro one, but without even a doubt my older computer was performing much faster, faster boot time, faster shutdowns, less waits when starting several large app at the same time,
quite frustrating considering how much better my hardware is...
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