Microsoft wants to talk Windows 7, I don’t
There is a lot of noise, sorry news about Windows 7 the successor to Windows Vista (Link).
Bill and Steve are giving us a nice chat about it at the All things Digital Conference (Link)
However the fact of the matter is the next Version of Windows is not due until the 2010.
Microsoft wants us to focus on the past (”look how far we have come”) bypass the elephant in the room (Vista) and now want us to look to a future in which Windows 7 will make it all better again.
I think I can be a more useful talking about technology and products that actually exist, so that’s it on Windows 7 for while.
Office2007 User Interface
May 28th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I think people are excited about Windows 7 because Microsoft have a lot of lessons to learn after Vista and for underestimating its customers. They will have everything resting on the success of 7 because they can’t afford to have businesses and consumers skip 2 generations of Windows.
One of my clients has 100,000 desktops and recently announced it has no intension of rolling out Vista because of a lack of business benefits and will instead be evaluating 7 as soon as the first beta is available. I sometimes question their IT decisions (who doesn’t in a large company?) but I think they’re spot on here - albeit 18 months late.
More noise on 7 please.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Hi Gary
I can’t imagine what the tech world would be like if Windows 7 doesn’t impress.
Vista was really marketed at consumers afterall Flip 3d and Dreamscene, not that popular in the corp world.
Such a mixed marketing message and the ultimate double whammy. Bad Marketing/Unstable Product.
Colin