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arstechnica.com - 2/1/2009
More proof that Microsoft wants Windows 7 out in 2009
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On the Engineering Windows 7 blog this week, Microsoft again noted that it was planning to give the public a Release Candidate of Windows 7 before the final version is ready. In other words, there is not going to be a "Beta 2," and the public would only see one public beta build: ...
blogs.msdn.com - 1/30/2009
Our Next Engineering Milestone
— blogs.msdn.com — Many posts start with a thank you and I want to start this post with an extra... special thank you on behalf of the entire Windows team for all the installs and usage we are seeing of teh Windows 7 Beta. We’ve had millions of installations of Windows 7 ... (more) Our Next Engineering Milestone

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Microsoft’s Windows 7 line-up: The good, the bad and the ugly
blogs.zdnet.com - 2/3/2009
Microsoft’s Windows 7 line-up: The good, the bad and the ugly
— blogs.zdnet.com — If you were one of those individuals holding out hope that Microsoft might go the way of... Apple and move to one or two SKUs for Windows 7, your prayers have gone unanswered. But there still is some good news in what's on tap when Windows 7 ships, most ... (more) Microsoft’s Windows 7 line-up: The good, the bad and the ...

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Microsoft unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup
geekzone.co.nz - 2/3/2009
Microsoft unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup
— geekzone.co.nz — News : Windows , posted 4-FEB-2009 04:00 Microsoft unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup Microsoft is annoucing the... Windows 7 SKU lineup with different Windows 7 editions for specific market requirements. Each SKU is a superset of the previous SKU. This means ... (more) Microsoft unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup

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Linkpost | 2.1.2009
TechBlog — ... February 01, 2009 Linkpost | 2.1.2009 • More proof that Microsoft wants Windows 7 out in 2009 - Release candidate in April? Launch in October? • ...

Windows 7 In Last Quarter Of 2009?
Futurelawyer — ... More proof that Microsoft wants Windows 7 out in 2009 - Ars Technica. ...

XP, Vista, Win 7: The brewing of a perfect storm
All about Microsoft — ... not run in Vista, or maybe they can, but it’s not supported by the vendor. Remediation will be costly and time consuming. We get it. Many of the acquisitions and investments we’ve made in the past few years are targeting that problem specifically (Application Virtualization – SoftGrid, Enterprise Desktop Virtualization – Kidaro, etc.)” Fiorina noted that the generally positive beta reviews of Windows 7 has meant “we’re hearing from a lot of folks ‘Why should I upgrade to Vista when Windows 7 is right around the corner ?’” His answer:“If we look at it from the perspective of ...

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