The Startup Success Podcast
This week we break format and Bob grills Pat on if and why Microsoft Windows 7 matters to Startups and MicroISVs. Put aside the marketing and hype and the reflexive Microsoft hating: is Windows 7 just a rehash of Vista? Exactly what opportunities exist for startups in Windows 7?
And, Pat covers a few specifics for startups interested in being Windows 7 compatible.
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Show Notes:
URLs mentioned in this episode of the Startup Success Podcast:
- Frontrunner for ISVs: http://msdev.com/frontrunner
- .NET framework: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/default.aspx
- Boot from VHD: http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2009/05/22/dual-boot-from-vhd-using-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx
- Windows 7 for developers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx
- Windows Server 2008 R2: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/default.aspx
- IIS: http://www.iis.net/
- New version of IIS (7.5 – Patrick misspoke and said 7.1) in R2/Windows 7: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/iis-r2.aspx
- Biggby coffee: http://www.biggby.com/
- Jennifer Marsman’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/jennifer/
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This was the funniest podcast of yours! You were both great, the “torturer” and the “victim”, who managed to delicately defend some really weak positions…
(I’m a Vista unhapppy user, victim of the damned rating stars in file lists, non working file search, hacks to kill UAC,…)
The large (65,000 employees in the UK alone) multinational I work for is only just moving away from Windows 2000 to Windows XP, we won’t be seeing Windows 7 anytime soon.