Developers Will Get Windows 7 Alpha On Oct. 28

CWmike writes "Microsoft confirmed today that it will hand out 'pre-beta' release copies of Windows 7 on Oct. 28, at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Mike Swanson, a Microsoft technology evangelist, has said attendees will receive a 160GB external USB hard drive that will presumably include the Windows 7 alpha. Mike Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, was cautiously optimistic that today's announcement meant Microsoft was on track with Windows 7. 'If they didn't do this, you would have to wonder if they could make the schedule,' Cherry said."

Vista/Mohave Remix

[clang_jangle]

No way it's anything else. MS couldn't code anything substantial that fast. Then again, I suppose they could have outsourced the whole thing...

It's evangelism!

[Jabbrwokk]

Oh, vista's not dead...

Mike Swanson, a Microsoft technology evangelist

Here's the text from his upcoming speech:

"And, beeHOLD, Ah say to YOO-uh, Windows 7 comes NOT to ABOLISH Vista but to FULFILL it! Ay-men!"

Don't stick around for the faith healings, you might get smacked upside the head with an external 160 Gig HDD.

Re:External HD?

[Yvan256]

If they require an external HD to hand this thing out it better contain a boatload of documentation or developer tools. I've never seen one of these...

Here you go [wikipedia.org].

Re:Vista/Mohave Remix

[drspliff]

Did you mean Vista RC1?

Re:It's evangelism!

[Anonymous Coward]

why external ?

Because if you take it internally it will make you sick.

October 8th is the private beta

[AmiMoJo]

October 9th is the public beta. I hear they will be using Bittorrent for distribution.