Expectations deflated with next Windows version
Details of Microsoft's next Windows release - Windows 7 - are trickling into public knowledge. Windows 7 shares its kernel and driver model with Vista. However the main attraction will be the touchscreen user interface option which I guess we're all familiar with from having seen the iPhone and iTouch - right? No? Take a look here. Alongside the obvious marketing build up to Windows 7, Microsoft have - for the techies - provided a blog to grow interest and anticipation in the build up to the 2010 scheduled release. Here is that Windows 7 Microsoft blog . They soon dampened expectations however, with an announcement that the server version of Windows 7 would be called, and wait for it, Windows Server 2008 R2. The R2 signifying a few new minor features. So after all that, not so ground-breakingly interesting, eh? It will be interesting to see if sales of Windows 7 consumer and business client versions take a hit accordingly, with the veneer worn so thin. Though I suspect th...