With so many Windows 7 conference sessions at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), you can bet your bananas that Microsoft will be putting some Windows 7 beta code into the hands of its developers at those shows — maybe even prior to them. Since the PDC is scheduled for Oct. 27-30 and WinHEC for Nov. 5-7, Microsoft watchers anticipate that at least portions of Windows 7 (or possibly even an entire beta) will be sent to select developers within two months, reports Computerworld.
Watchers are anticipating that Microsoft will also use interest in Windows 7 code to showcase and push development of its Live services. For instance showing it may show how bits of its next operating system might be compiled as a series of Live services. The Computerworld story states:
“Some reports have claimed that Microsoft will uncouple some of the applications integrated into Vista — such as its Windows Mail client — from the operating system itself and instead make them accessible as a Web service or after-purchase download.”
Early applause of Windows 7 as a thinner, faster option would be good news for Microsoft. Conversely, another hefty operating system would drive large numbers of its enterprise users into the arms of Macs and Linux.
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