Microsoft launches \'Engineering Windows 7\' blog. Image: Microsoft/MMostyn
As it continues to push the supposed benefits of Vista on an unconvinced Windows user base, Microsoft Corp. has been somewhat reticent to discuss or disclose information pertaining to its next Windows operating system (OS), which currently runs under the imaginative working title of ‘Windows 7.’ However, that curtain of non-committal might be on its way up.
More pointedly, Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan -- two of the American software giant’s leading development engineers -- have this week opened “Engineering Windows 7” an online discussion blog in which they hope to garner the input of other engineers, developers and interested parties regarding the continuing evolution of Microsoft’s next-gen OS.
Sinofsky and DeVaan explained that, beyond announcing the actual development of Windows 7, Microsoft has been maintaining somewhat of an unusually quiet air so as not to build expectations around the OS regarding features, support, and claims that might not make it into the final release product.
“Starting from the first days of developing Windows 7, we have committed as a team to ‘promise and deliver,’” they noted. “That’s our goal -- share with you what we’re going to get done, why we’re doing it, and deliver it with high quality and on time.”
The engineers also went on to say that Microsoft’s development team has “definitely learned some lessons about ‘disclosure’ and how we can all-too easily get ahead of ourselves” in relation to the ongoing development of a major product such as a Windows operating system.
Yet, despite the Redmond-based company’s apparent drive to prevent end user disappointment through highlighted OS elements that may ultimately find themselves cast adrift on the cutting room floor, actively talking about Windows 7 in order to enable its expansive client base to be properly prepared for integration is something Microsoft simply cannot avoid.
Case in point, in their blog post, Sinofsky and DeVaan specifically shine a spotlight on the upcoming Professional Developers Conference (PDC) on October 27, and also the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) the following week -- both of which are industry events that will see Microsoft providing in-depth technical information regarding Windows 7.
Trickled information or full-on flood, there’s still a fair amount of time before Windows 7 get’s officially named and even longer before Microsoft ushers it onto retail shelves. Present predictions for the arrival of Windows 7 rests between late 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.
Case in point, in their blog post, Sinofsky and De Vaan specifically shine a spotlight on the upcoming Professional Developers Conference (PDC) on October 27, and also the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) the following week -- both of which are industry events that will see Microsoft providing in-depth technical information regarding Windows 7.
Trickled information or full-on flood, there’s still a fair amount of time before Windows 7 get’s officially named and even longer before Microsoft ushers it onto retail shelves. Present predictions for the arrival of Windows 7 rests between late 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.
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