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"I've said this before, but let me say it again in one of those "mark my words" things: Seamless application virtualization, like that offered by MED-V, is the future of application compatibility in Windows. This will allow future Windows OSes to break from the past, compatibility-wise, because they'll be able to virtualize compatibility."

This is really only relevant to enterprises though, hence the release only to Software Assurance customers.  Consumers don't need this level of application compatibility as the consumer market moves fast enough to adapt to changing conditions, whereas the business market doesn't.

Not sure I agree with you Waethorn. A lot of the complaints in the move from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Microsoft Windows XP and then to Microsoft Windows Vista were compatibility issues (though granted, a fair number of those was lack of driver support).

Application compatibility - at least to one version previous is important. I would love to see some sort of seamless integration (management is not so imporant) in the consumer editions so that legacy code could be reworked/removed from the OS.

It is currently only relevant to enterprises, because they are the only ones able to get it, and they are the ones affected most often by these sorts of issues.

However, it is technology that will need to flow into the consumer space as well, unless Microsoft completely re-architect how applications work on Windows and therefore require developers to start again from scratch (highly unlikely of course).

What would be good to see is a developer license available to wrap an existing application inside a virtualisation bubble that isolates an application from others and deals with compatibility issues.  Something like how VMWare does with ThinApp, whereby it is not dependent on server infrastructure.

yawn.  instead, how about something snarky about Microsoft building a bridge to link its two campuses together with federal stimulus money.  That's far more fascinating.

Is it thin applications or the cloud paul?  

For corporations I see way more of a move to thin desktops (VDI) with more web based applications than I see thin apps.  Terminal server is great for large amounts of users with very limited needs (a handful of applications to do their jobs).  After that I see desktops disapeering very rapidly.  Replaced by thin clients usually running Wyse OS connecting to some sort of VDI.  Typical thin clients last twice as long as a PC and use 1/4 of the power.

It's true - Windows 7 is to come in only ONE edition.

www.therawfeed.com/.../microsoft-announces-single-version.html

Windows 7 comes in only ONE edition or rj stops bashing MS and promoting Apple everywhere? Which one is more likely to happen? ;-)

@robertsjoe:  You're the reason they came up with the term "April Fool".

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@waethorn: Obviously you don't know what irony is. Look it up.

The irony being that you're the fools that get handed 17 versions of Windows with every release.

@waethorn: Which is the same 17 different versions you peddle on the unsuspecting public, right?

And once again, just like XP before it and Vista, the average user will only ever experience two versions, and if you are talking about 7 being available preinstalled on computers, most will likely only see one version.

This will help with compatibility of the multitude of apps and devices at hospitals. IT should stand up and clap.