Stiinta, Ratiune, Tehnologie

Asa cum spuneam intr-o postare precedenta , Microsoft intentioneaza sa lanseze SP1 pentru Windows 7 si Server 2008 R2 la aproximativ un an de la punerea in vanzare a sistemului de operare. Undeva in intervalul octombrie-noiembrie 2010. Similar cu procedura intalnita in cazul lui Windows Vista, o cheie trebuie adaugata in registry pentru a autoriza descarcarea via Windows Update a variantei beta pentru service pack. Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Win7SP1 Value: SPORTM (REG_SZ) Data: Inca necunoscuta, probabil o valoare GUID ce va fi verificata de serverele de update, de validarea careia depinde autorizarea descarcarii service-pack-ului Voi posta in curand si valoarea GUID. Ca de fiecare data, trebuie sa aveti in vedere ca, fiind o varianta beta a SP, se recomanda doar instalarea pe sisteme de test.

Fragmente dintr-un mesaj al lui Steven Sinofsky (omul din spatele echipei ce dezvolta viitoarea versiune de Windows) It is pretty easy to think of the Windows team as one group or one entity, and then occasionally one specific person comes to represent the team—perhaps she gave a talk at a conference, wrote a book or article folks become familiar with, or maybe he has a blog. Within Microsoft, the Windows product is really a product of the whole company with people across all the development groups contributing in some form or another. The Windows engineering team “proper” is jointly managed by Jon and me. Jon manages the core operating system, which is, among many things, the kernel, device infrastructure, networking, and the engineering tools and system (all of which are both client and server). I am part of the Windows client experience team which develops, among many things, the shell and desktop, graphics, and media support. One other significant part of the Windows product is...