First, much more than just thye UI changed. All the bitching and moaning that goes on here about the supposed massive driver incompatibilies belies that claim. Second, they never claimed MinWin was going to be the kernel in Windows 7. That was pure media speculation. I know giving MSFT a fair shake isn't popular here, but they most certainly did not cut the release time while replacing the kernel.
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First, much more than just thye UI changed. All the bitching and moaning that goes on here about the supposed massive driver incompatibilies belies that claim. Second, they never claimed MinWin was going to be the kernel in Windows 7. That was pure media speculation. I know giving MSFT a fair shake isn't popular here, but they most certainly did not cut the release time while replacing the kernel.