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Fuzzy Logic Windows 7 beta downloads to continue ‘til Feb 10
Fuzzy Logic Windows 7 beta downloads to continue ‘til Feb 10 | Windows 7 beta downloads to continue ‘til Feb 10 |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 26 January 2009 | |
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TechRadar asks whether this is because Microsoft’s target of 2.5m downloads hasn’t been reached yet, and presumes that this is very likely the case, but it could well be the opposite – strong demand that Microsoft doesn’t yet want to stop. The beta has been very well received by the public, the pundits and the press, after all, and it’s a good opportunity to give the people something they do seem to want! And if TechRadar and others are right, and Microsoft hasn’t reached its 2.5m download target yet, then extending the beta by an extra couple of weeks will certainly help, even though MSDN and TechNet users will still be able to download the beta to their heart’s content. With a “release candidate” (RC) said to be due in April, downloads should start within 12 weeks of that Feb 10 cutoff date again anyway, with an RC version of Windows 7 sure get the tech world hammering Microsoft’s servers all over again. Preston Gralla at ComputerWorld thinks Windows 7 might be Microsoft’s last “big bang” operating system, with a modularised, componentised OS to come in the future, one that’s very thin and light with free and paid modules that can be downloaded and added in as desired. But all of that is in the future – we need to get to the RTM (release to manufacturing), final version of Windows 7 first, which lays the foundation for Gralla’s componentised dreams to come true with Windows 8 or whatever Microsoft decides to call it. Continued on page 2, please read on! |
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