A New End Of An S-Curve In Windows Evolution: Windows 7 Pre-Beta Release
The theory of products evolution based on an S-curve has a clear practical application in the case of Windows 7. After more than 16 months since Windows Vista appeared on the market, Microsoft Corporation shown the first public demonstration of Windows 7, as well as a pre-beta release at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008) in Los Angeles.
According to the S-curve evolution theory and based on the high number of user complaints regarding the Windows Vista functionality ( over 180 million Windows Vista copies were sold) results that the future of Windows will not be marked by the optimization of a product: the innovation will promote Windows 7 as a new product that will follow a different S-curve cycle until it become stable (mature), having a maximum performance, efficiency and reliability with a minimal cost.
The top features of Windows 7 will provide users new and improved experiences during the execution of common tasks faster and easier on a PC that runs an operating system capable to rapidly handle errors. The new taskbar contains draggable icons that could be placed in any order. By right clicking an icon a list of certain tasks (like the latest used documents) is revealed – the role of the new task bar is to improve the user navigation actions.
A productive web and networking experience will be discovered by the users, especially in data sharing and management. For example, Office applications, like Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote are available in a lightweight web browser based version and the setting up of home networks is simplified by the home group feature that automates the connection process making it more intuitive, as well as the files sharing operations.
Developers are encouraged to deploy Rich Internet Applications on a solid foundation with the help of recent Visual Studio versions and .NET Framework 4 releases. The development productivity is enhanced by the capability of integration of Windows features and Web services based on the native API of Internet Explorer 8.
The best part of the OS functionality is represented by the increased compatibility of the Windows 7 operating system and majority of common programs and devices. A full release of Windows 7 operating system is announced to be available at the beginning of the year 2009.
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