However good (or bad) Vista may be, the latest OS from Microsoft has had a torrid time establishing itself. It is still very common to see folks willingly downgrade from Vista to XP and according to some reports, almost a third of the buyers who had had a computer that came with Vista pre-installed have downgraded to XP! Recent attempts to change the perception of Vista being a dud included the Mojave experiment which seemed to have little effect as well.
That said, Microsoft seems desperate not to have a similar reaction to its next OS, the Windows 7 and is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that. If you recall, most of the information we have had regarding Longhorn (Vista, as it was known earlier) were part rumours and part speculations. There was very little official communication during the development of Vista. That is set to change this time it seems.
Rather than hearing rumours and half-baked stories from other sources, why not have a channel where details are posted about the developments? That is what seems to have prompted the creation of the Windows 7 blog - an official channel for details regarding the development of the new OS.
The blog has went ahead and revealed facts about the huge number of people working on Windows 7 –almost 2000 developers and with as much as one manager for every four developers – as PC World puts it. Expect a preview of the OS during Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference) which is scheduled to be held from Oct. 26-29, 2008.
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