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Engineers Tell How Feedback Shaped Windows 7
An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica took the time to talk to three members of the Windows 7 product development and planning team to find out how user feedback impacted the latest version of Windows. There's some market speak you'll have to wade through, but overall it gives a solid picture regarding the development of a Windows release."
User: Vista sux
M$: Ok, we will change the name to Windows 7
User: OK, glad you listened. Im ready to open my wallet.
M$: We know.
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Sad to see another anti-MS troll who's never bothered to use Win 7 and find out if it's good or not before bashing it. Vista sucked, as have most MS products. However, Win 7 is actually good. I know die-hard Mac fanboys who have tried Win 7 and loved it. The fact that you got modded insightful for trolling amazes me....
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
Ya, having half to a quarter the vulnerabilities doesn't count as a feature for most people because it is something you cant see. What my last scans on a xp box showed (fully patched) was around 167 vulnerabilities, a fully patched windows 7 box not on a domain is 10, on the domain is 50 or so...Not to mention that a child can hack an xp box.
CS: It is all sink or swim...oh and did I mention there are sharks in that water?
So m$ admitting to actually listening to users means that they're finally acknowledging competitors again? It's about friggin time :)
Uhh, a major release of an operating system with 93% of market share dropped today. For some reason there is a lot of press coverage. Idiot.
I see you're the "quantity over quality"-kinda guy.
Fact of the matter is : Microsoft would NEVER retain their position if they competed solely on merit, and not on lock-in-formats, lawyers and general user-obliviousness. Yes, users are stupid, they think computers = Windows; imagine if everyone (or at least an insanely inordinate amount of people) thought car = Ford. Really, imagine it, and tell me you don't think they'd sound stupid.
If you quote this signature there'll be 72 copies of Windows ME waiting for you in Heaven.
Did you use Vista?
WTF Slashdot, why do I have to login 50 times to post?
They sorted that problem out about 10 years ago when Windows 2000 shipped. Security is what they need to fix now. It is a lot better now than in the days of XP SP1, but still not good enough.
Yeah, that sounds good.
M$ addicts and astroturfers responds to M$'s questions by giving them what they want, no problems with M$ software. In general, M$ will never listen to anyone. The only concern M$ has is to keep their illegal monopoly on software. Free software can only go so far in eliminateing the illegal M$ monopoly. The EU and US both need to get some balls and eliminate all patents, then fine M$ for billions per dayand force M$ to open everything to eliminate the M$ monopoly. Once all that is done arrest Bill Gates, SweatyB, Paul Allen along with the rest of M$'s executives and astroturfers.
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Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
Friends do assist M$ addicted friends in committing suicide.
Will she let me stick it in her pooper?
So far, other than it being NEW, you've failed to answer the question.
Further, the points you raise could have easily been addressed as an add-on to XP (much like PowerShell). They are not key O/S items.
(BTW I have indexed search OFF on my XP box and use "classic" start menu).
-- Butlerian Jihad NOW!