Let us cut to the chase. Will the next iteration of Microsoft’s dominant operating system be any good? After spending a couple of weeks playing around with the beta version of the software, our verdict is that yes, it will be. But why? Windows Vista was a marketing and public relations disaster.
Where do you go after you’ve given the world Windows Vista? Music, apparently.Former Windows chief Jim Allchin has eschewed the post-Redmond path trodden by other ex-Microsoft executives. He has dumped IT entirely, having capped his 17 years with Microsoft by delivering Windows Vista in 2006.Allchin has done this by returning to his first love - music - and he’s sealed the deal with a debut album.Called Enigma, the album offers an “intoxicating mix” of genres, according to Allchin’s web site. Enigma spans pop, rock (and metal), modern country, latin, and blues.
Microsoft on Tuesday officially ended the download program for the trial version of the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system.”Special thanks to everyone who is beta testing Windows 7,” wrote Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft’s in-house Windows blogger, in a post Monday that warned of the shutoff.
There are a couple of loopholes, however. Users who started to download the OS before that date will have until Feb. 12 to complete the process. Also, Microsoft will continue to distribute product keys beyond Feb. 12 to users who have previously downloaded Windows 7 Beta but have yet to obtain a key.
Microsoft Corp. will not offer “Ultimate Extras” in Windows 7, the company has confirmed, saying it abandoned the heavily criticized concept to focus on “existing features.” “Our new approach to planning and building Windows doesn’t have the capacity to continue to deliver features outside the regular release cycle,” a company spokeswoman said in response to questions about Windows 7. “While our core development team is focused on building the next release; our sustained engineering team is focused on updates to existing features. As a result, we don’t plan to create Ultimate Extras.”
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