All the kerfuffle over Windows 7 - leaked memos, shaky handheld video clips of leaked builds, equally shaky tentative release schedules - is amusing. I don’t have any inside information to offer, only a perspective drawn from 17 years of watching the Windows development process in action.

The most common comment I’ve read lately is that Microsoft has accelerated the development schedule of Windows 7 in a desperate attempt to replace Windows Vista. Dave Methvin at Information Week argues that Windows 7 may mean Vista’s “early demise.” APC Mag speculates on the meaning of this “early release,” complete with a screenshot it calls “probably fake.” Randall Kennedy at InfoWorld piles onto the meme with this prediction:

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