[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Richard Maher]

Hi Joe,

"Joe Hunt" <joehunt1222.dontspamme at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a1b9v4pt9tijolkg6oemvfp5hqgkvi4j73 at 4ax.com...
> "Steven Underwood" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> >
> ><VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote in message
> >news:00A8A9C9.A7971EF4 at SendSpamHere.ORG...
> >>
> >> So what you are saying is that M$ _is_ forcing people to downgrade.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker
> >> VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
> >>
> >You appear to consider the latest version of the MS operating system a
> >downgrade.  I do not.  My XP machine needs to be rebooted a lot more than
my
> >Vista laptop has.
> >
> >MS is not FORCING anything.  You can still run XP as long as you can keep
it
> >running.  The license does not expire.  You just can not purchase the old
> >version any longer and it is officially unsupported.  I still run Win98
on a
> >few (older) machines, nobody forced me to change those systems either.
> >
> >Digital/Compaq/HP never forced me to upgrade my MVII from V5.2 either,
but
> >it is also unsupported and not available for purchase.  That box, to my
> >knowledge is still running happily in the back computer room of my
previous
> >employer doing the same thing it has for the last 10 years.  I also run
> >unsupported V7.1 on VAX and Alpha at my current employer.
> >
> >I also drive a 9 year old car that is out of warranty, but it keeps
running
> >as well.
> >
>
> According to this blog, Microsoft plans an interesting approach to the
> problem of users not upgrading from XP.
>
> "XP Mode consists of the Virtual PC-based virtual environment and a
> fully licensed copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3). It will
> be made available, for free, to users of Windows 7 Professional,
> Enterprise, and Ultimate editions via a download from the Microsoft
> web site."
>
>
http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/04/24/secret-no-more-revealing-virtual-windows-xp-for-windows-7.aspx
>
> or, in case the above url gets mangled,
>
> http://tinyurl.com/dg22sm
>

Is there anything close to a release date or ETA for Windows 7 yet?

Regards Richard Maher