I shook my head all through this news item. First there was Bill & Jerry paired in commercials. Then “I’m a PC”. Now an “un-prodded” blog post by an “ordinary” Microsoft developer (employee) has cropped up on the MSDN official blog. If we’re to believe that a Microsoft employee would write anything criticizing the upcoming Windows 7 OS then maybe you’ll believe this post was “un-prodded”. Microsoft has not announced when Windows 7 will ship, but it’s expected next year. According to ordinary developer Larry, if a feature doesn’t work then Microsoft is cutting it out rather than making a bloated mess like VIsta (my paraphrase/analysis). Full Disclosure: Rather than upgrade to Vista I bought a Mac. So I guess I’m not completely a PC although I still use a PC.

Engineering Windows 7 via The Register

Video: Multi-Touch in Windows 7

Did you miss the big Windows 7 (tentative announced ship of “late 2009″) sneak peak that happened last night at the D6 conference? Both Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were on stage to explain how Windows 7 will be even cooler than Vista. Looks like Microsoft is expanding on the Surface technology they demoed at last year’s conference. It demos nicely, but aren’t these early releases always cool. When Windows Vista was unveiled it was accompanied by a lot of ooohs and aaahs as welll.

Link: Microsoft Vista Blog - Multi-Touch Demo Video
Link: Transcript of Bill Gates & Steve Ballmer D6 Interview