Windows 7 and the Cloud

The dawn of the age of cloud-computing presses ever onward with Microsoft announcing that they won’t be including Apps such as Windows Movie Maker, Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery… In Windows 7.

They want to make their new OS what they describe as “cleaner”. The Apps that they chopped will still be available for optional download from the web via Windows Live download service.

in the past Microsoft has landed itself in hot water with the anti-trust people for providing software with Windows that competes with similar programs from other vendors.

It appears that the new initiative involves splitting the development workforce into two teams; one of which could concentrate on the operating system itself; while the Windows Live team concentrate on the other applications as a web-based download.

Microsoft appear to be having problems with shedding their usual tactic of running software solely from the user’s PC only. Although they’ve taken a step in generally the right direction by allowing software downloads from the cloud; they still seem reluctant to become fully involved in web-based cloud-computing; and aren’t on the whole planning anything different to their same old thing that we’ve come to expect from this company.

Do you think that this continued, if as yet unbeknown to them, resistance to change on the part of Microsoft will lead to their downfall? Perhaps you have totally contrary opinions to those laid out here: If so please do share them. Also do you think that Microsoft is doing the right thing in leaving out Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery, and Windows Movie Maker?

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David Zuckerman
“Do you think that Microsoft is doing the right thing in leaving out Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery, and Windows Movie Maker?”
Absolutely the right thing! I have no use for those programs so as far as I am concerned they are simply taking up my hard drive space with the programs themselves, let alone security patches, in addition to computer resources. If I ever decide to make movies or need a photo gallery, there are plenty of programs to choose from. Chances are I would not select a Microsoft product for such purposes.
http://pcblogger.net Sam
I don’t think Microsoft is making the right decision by excluding the applications mentioned in the article.Most Windows users prefer some base software at least bundled with their OS instead of taking an extra step to download them.I work in retail and most customer’s are surprised to find out some of the stuff that used to come with XP was not part of Vista such Outlook Express.
T Doran
I have stayed with XP expressly because Vista is loaded down with far too much elective coding that should have been totally separate from the beginning. It not only complicates the interface with possibly more hangs but dramatically slows processing speed in many cases. In the years I programmed systems, the operating system was always unique and a separate entity with the sole purpose of combinung hardware and software through user apps. with speed and stability and hopefully crash proof. I think Microsoft is now on the right track
skapaid
It’s a step in the right direction. I believe they should include ALL their apps online. This could be their base OS system and another with the usual apps for those who don’t want to waste time dwld apps on the internet (or for those that don’t have any internet). It gives the user choice. For example, I have 2 computers, I don’t need the same apps on both of them. Just the ones that are needed for that computers specific function. Lol. Great example, I’m on work right now and this computer has Windows XP with Messenger 4.7 that comes bundled with it that you can’t remove without going into the system and disabling it. Too make it worse, we can’t use ANY messaging service on our computers. Big waste of space and computer function.