Windows 7 will include features that cater to enterprises
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Windows 7 will include features specifically developed for enterprise customers and partners in an unprecedented number of technology early-access programs Microsoft is offering for the forthcoming OS.
The company invited 4,000 enterprise customers in the U.S., Germany, Brazil, Japan, India, and China to provide feedback as part of extensive research as well, she said.
Enacting this unprecedented level of early customer engagement, combined with an effort to make the development process more predictable in general, were aimed at avoiding missteps the company took as it built Vista. Features Microsoft promised early on in Vista's development didn't make it into the final code, and the process itself was shut down and restarted midway through.