Why Windows 7 might go to pieces
Posted by: Philipp Esselbach on: 03/21/2008 03:01 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 917 views
Mary Jo Foley reports that there are a growing number of clues that Windows 7 could be available in pieces.
>> Why Windows 7 might go to pieces
| By pieces, I mean a couple of different things:
1. Delivered in a role-based fashion, a la Windows Server. Windows Server 2008 allows users to select which bits they want to install or ignore, based on a handful of predetermined “roles.” Windows Server Core is the minimum configuration. Given that Windows client and server are built from the same code base, doesn’t it make sense that the next version of client also will move to more of a roles-like system? Microsoft already allows OEMs to pick and choose among components using the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK). So why not allow customers to do the same? |
>> Why Windows 7 might go to pieces
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