Microsoft aims to show Windows 7 'readiness'

by Ina Fried February 2, 2009

After getting dinged for constantly changing plans with Windows Vista, Microsoft is taking the opposite approach with Windows 7. The software maker is being extremely conservative with what it says publicly about the operating system--a move it says is deliberate. "The lack of a predictable schedule combined with the churn of features late in the the process made it hard for partners to know is this the real Windows Vista," Nash said. "The result of our lack of predictability was everybody (saying) 'Let's wait for this thing to stop spinning.'" With Windows 7, Microsoft has tried to share details only as they became relatively certain. The hope is that even though Microsoft isn't talking as early about its plans, it is talking with more certainty when it does speak. That move has led to far fewer changes in plans--but also means that Microsoft is still hedging on key questions--in particular, when Windows 7 will ship.

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