For me, today was a sit back and watch day. Microsoft Windows 7 was released to wide-spread beta testing over the weekend.
According to reports, there were 2.5 million registration keys available.
Since the original announcement, this limit was removed. Everyone is entitled to download this Beta. It will run until August 1. As bugs are reported, updates will be pushed out through Windows Update.
I am impressed with what I’m watching. I haven’t heard a negative thing at this point. With the world’s desire to bash Microsoft at every opportunity, I’m not seeing it this time around at all.
I even read an article that indicated that Windows 7 could be a Linux killer. Now, that’s a very strong statement. A colleague of mine even did a test with SMART Ideas, a program that wouldn’t run under Microsoft Vista and then a patch allows it to run after switching to the Basic desktop setting.
This is boding well for Microsoft now and hopefully us in the future. Educational software doesn’t have a track record of being the most compatible. If Windows 7 can run it without problem, I’m really impressed.
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