A lot of people believe that Vista flopped because of the high amount of publicity that it garnered which resulted in unrealistic expectations. And people gave it the thumbs-down when it became clear that it didn't actually have as many features as the rather ill-informed web community consisting mainly of speculative bloggers had been promising.
So after the disappointment of the over-hyped Vista, Microsoft has decided to be a little more cautious in terms of the "information" it gives out about its next major launch -- Windows 7. It has taken its pre-launch product communication in its own hands. And as part of this new policy, they have launched a blog dedicated to Windows 7 -- the Engineering Windows 7 blog, or E7 for short yesterday.
E7 is hosted by the two senior engineering managers for the Windows 7 product, Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky. They want the blog to be "a two-way discussion about how we are making Windows 7". Their main aim is to provide an official platform where they can give out all the information they want to and only the information they want to give out. You can find the blog right here.
Tushar Bhatia (tushar1988@gmail.com)
