Windows 7 Beta1明年1月13号发布？

Win7之家（ www.win7china.com）：Windows 7 Beta1明年1月13号发布？

 早在10月底的PDC2008大会上，微软部门经理Steven Sinofsky就宣布称Windows 7 Beta1将在明年初发布。如今，一名微软内部人士在其博客上透露了Windows 7 Beta 1的具体发布时间，而这个时间，就是2009年的1月13号左右。

另外，据MSDN开发者会议的推广公告称，所有与会者都将获得一份Windows 7 Beta1的DVD，而第一次会议就定在本月9号，也就是下周二。那是否意味着Windows 7 Beta 1在本月就能与公众见面呢？答案是否定的。

“根据我的理解，DVD不会在这次与会时发放，而是会逐个寄到他们手中，我估计从2009年1月13号左右才会开始发放DVD。因此，不难想象即使是奥兰多，休斯顿和亚特兰大当地的与会者，也要到明年1月中旬才能拿到DVD”

上个月我曾私下里说Windows 7 Beta1将会在CES上公布，而现在，可以公开发表这一观点了。微软CEO鲍尔默将会在1月7号发布CES的keynotes。而毫无疑问地，鲍尔默将会在CES上展示Windows 7，而此后必定会有版本被公布出来，这就使得1月13号成为Windows 7 Beta1的最佳发布时间了。

附部分原文：

At the Professional Developers Conference in late October, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky announced that Windows 7 Beta 1 would be ready “early next year.” A Microsoft insider has now confirmed the actual date, which is indeed very early next year. In a comment on his blog, Keith Combs has revealed that Windows 7 Beta 1 will be available on or around January 13, 2009.

Keith’s post links to a promotional announcement for the MSDN Developer Conference series, where every registrant “will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD.” The first event in the MSDN series is next week, on December 9, in Houston. So does that mean the next Windows 7 beta will be ready for public distribution this month? According to Keith, the answer is no:

    My understanding is that the DVD will not be ready for the first few show dates but will be mailed to each attendee.

    We are targeting to have the DVD’s in the materials from 1/13/2009 on.

    So I would imagine the folks attending the Houston, Orlando and Atlanta shows this month will receive their DVD’s around mid January as well.  That’s an assumption on my part.  Could be earlier or later, but they will get them.