is acknowledged to become perfectly on its way in arranging Windows 7,
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, the subsequent edition of Windows client slated to ship in 2010. Up until now, nevertheless, there continues to be next-to-no leakage on benefits or features planned for that release. November 6, blogger Stephen Chapman aided break the silence. Chapman posted a list of a number of the planned investment locations that should allegedly be portion of Windows seven. Even though none from the aspects around the list is earth-shattering — most are just evolutions for the “pillars” that Microsoft delivered with Windows Vista — there are a couple of new attributes to put on your Windows-watching radar screens: StrongBox and Component Delivery Platform. surprisingly, Microsoft won’t confirm or deny whether the Windows seven listing on Chapman’s site is correct. A corporate spokeswoman sent the following response via email: a company, we’re always exploring new ways to innovate Windows,
Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Student, using customer feedback as a guide. We have no new information to share on future versions for the operating system at this time.” given Chapman’s past track record when it comes to unearthing all kinds of confidential Microsoft info, I’m going to give him the benefit for the doubt and say what he has posted is most likely based on real Microsoft information/documentation. what stood out for me on the record: Delivery Platform: Also known as CBS, this is the core infrastructure utilized for defining Windows SKUs, optional components and for the setup and servicing of Windows. The current plan of the CBS team for Windows seven is to provide aggregation,
Windows 7 Enterprise Key, installation, and servicing constructs for Windows factors (components, drivers, etc.),
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, including a set of interfaces that can be used by internal and external customers for a wide variety of operations ranging from SKU construction to install, uninstall and servicing of Windows elements. This infrastructure will be leveraged by Windows partners to build their attributes and optional components for Windows seven. One of your biggest challenges is the impact of all the different kinds of applications on each other and the Windows platform itself. The results are growing frustration with desktop applications,
Office 2010 Pro Plus, higher cost of ownership, and customers’ apathy to try new applications. Microsoft has assembled a small team in the Core for the Windows Division whose primary task is to gain control of this problem and, over a series of releases, begin to alleviate it. The evolution of your application platform - deployment, configuration, state management, and servicing - all fall under this team’s focus. (Internal Only Link: Chapman whether he thought the Component Delivery Platform might be the same as MinWin, the componentized Windows core upon which Windows seven is expected to get built. He said the component platform is not MinWin. component delivery platform is something complete different. From the end-user’s perspective, it’s basically when you enter a key and that key tells (Windows) which version (or SKU) to install. From an OEM perspective, they leverage the CDP to add their components into an install, such as Dell adding in drivers onto an install of Vista that you get on a Dell DVD if you buy one of their computers.” what about StrongBox? Is it just BitLocker on steroids? Chapman said it could be BitLocker 2, but also could include more encryption/security performance outside of what BitLocker delivers in Vista. how early it is in the Windows 7 development process, I’m expecting there will be lots more new attributes (maybe as many as 300!) to come before the release goes gold. If there isn’t, this listing sure makes Windows seven seem like a very minor upgrade to Vista. Future Investment Locations. Image from January 2007 from UXEvangelist.)