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MS-DEFCON 2:
Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don't do it.
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Office 2010 beta kickoff in July
Posted on May 12th, 2009 at 07:03 3 commentsIt’s official, the Technical Preview of the next version of Office will be made available in July. Microsoft’s new Office 2010 blog announces:
1. Office 2010 will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
2. Office 2010 will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
3. You don’t need to replace hardware that is capable of running 2007, it will support Office 2010.
I’m not sure, but I think point 3 means that any hardware supported by Office 2007 will also be supported by Office 2010. I’ve been wracking my brain to figure out if there’s any additional meaning to the sentence. And I’ve been wracking what’s left of my wracked brain to figure out what specific hardware they’re talking about. Ah well.
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Official Windows 7 ship date waffle
Posted on May 12th, 2009 at 06:05 No commentsBill Veghte, who gave the keynote at TechEd, mentioned the new official line on Windows 7’s ship date. Microsoft’s Press Release says:
As part of today’s news, Microsoft Corp. announced that the company is anticipating that the next version of its client operating system, Windows 7, will be available to customers in time for the holiday shopping season.
which narrows things down to, oh, sometime this year, eh? The Engineering Windows 7 blog goes into more detail about the Release to Manufacturing process, while still playing coy with the dates:
Ultimately our partners will determine when their PCs are available in market. If the feedback and telemetry on Windows 7 match our expectations then we will enter the final phases of the RTM process in about 3 months. If we are successful in that, then we tracking to our shared goal of having PCs with Windows 7 available this Holiday season.
I’m sticking to the prediction I made almost a year ago: I bet you’ll be able to buy a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 7 on store shelves on September 1.
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