> Microsoft's executives have made no secret of the fact that Windows 7 > is an incremental improvement to Windows Vista, with CEO Steve Ballmer > calling it "Windows Vista, a lot better," and saying, "Windows 7 is > Windows Vista with cleanup in user interface [and] improvements in > performance."
To that, I would reply, "so what?" > "Previous features associated with Windows 7, including a > "componentized" new architecture and the new "MinWin" kernel that Microsoft began > talking about back in 2003, are now being pushed off into the distant future > along with the relational database WinFS concept from Vista. This is why you shouldn't get reviews of MS products from people who don't actually use the product. Minwin is not being "pushed off." It's part of the Windows 7 code base. When you use 9 month old sources in your articles, you tend to look uninformed. Here's something from November. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1690 If you have some time to kill, you can hear about Minwin straight from the Russinovich's mouth. http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/mark-russinovich-explains-minwin-onc e-and-for-all.aspx > That means an interface refresh, reduced layers of > nagging message popups, and basic performance enhancements." And this is bad because.... ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
