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Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Microsoft's comeback plan
appleinsider.com - 1/22/2009
Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Microsoft's comeback plan
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As the previous segment detailed, Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard aren't competing directly; instead, each is part of competitive strategy to either grow the Mac user base at Microsoft's expense, as Apple has been doing, or in Microsoft's case, to stop the hemorrhaging market share ...
Why Microsoft Should Give Windows 7 Away [Windows 7]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/29/2009
Why Microsoft Should Give Windows 7 Away [Windows 7]
— i.gizmodo.com — Windows 7 is shaping to be an awesome OS. It's everything people wanted Vista to be and... more. Which is exactly why Microsoft should give it away—or offer it dirt cheap—to Vista users. Windows 7 is the solution to Microsoft's Vista ... (more) Why Microsoft Should Give Windows 7 Away [Windows 7]

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Windows 7 Beta Downloads Available Through Feb. 10 [Windows 7]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/24/2009
Windows 7 Beta Downloads Available Through Feb. 10 [Windows 7]
— i.gizmodo.com — Even though the Windows Team said they were removing the download cap on Windows 7 until Jan.... 24 , they didn't mean downloads would end on Jan. 24. Windows 7 will be available through Feb. 10 . You have to start downloading Windows 7 before Feb. 10, ... (more) Windows 7 Beta Downloads Available Through Feb. 10 ...

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microsoft-watch.com - 1/30/2009
Windows 7 - Next Windows 7 Milestone: Release Candidate
— microsoft-watch.com — January 30, 2009 12:22 PM Next Windows 7 Milestone: Release Candidate Can you say Windows is shipping... sooner than later? Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, broke the news in a blog post ... (more) Windows 7 - Next Windows 7 Milestone: Release Candidate

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Windows 7 vs. Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Microsoft’s comeback plan
MacDailyNews — ... described Windows 7 as being 'completely rewritten from the ground up,'thinking that a massive rewrite was exactly what Microsoft needed to get around the problems associated with Vista," McLean writes. "However, an actual rewrite would really just create massive new compatibility problems, just as the company discovered during the years of development delays that plagued Longhorn and Vista. It would also take a very long time, and time isn't on Microsoft's side." Full article here .

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