There is No Looming Windows XP Disaster

• Microsoft
• Software
• June 16, 2009

This afternoon, Larry Seltzer forwarded a link to InfoWorld story “Microsoft’s Looming Windows 7 Licensing ‘Disaster’ for XP Users.” Yeah? This story is a hissy fit over nothing.

Why Announce Windows 7’s October Release in June?

• Microsoft
• Software
• June 2, 2009

Windows 7 will go on sale October 22, according to a post by Brendon LeBlanc at the Windows Team blog. That puts Windows 7’s release to manufacturing sometime in July (or even early August). More importantly, the announcement signifies Microsoft’s confidence that the release candidate is near prime-time ready.