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Microsoft has launched a blog dedicated to its forthcoming operating system, called "Windows 7" at this point, to be hosted by two senior vice presidents who are leading the development effort. For now, the site just contains an introductory statement from Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky, who will be heading up the development. They will reveal the first engineering details about Windows 7 on Oct. 27 at the Professional Developers' Conference in Los Angeles. Additional talks will take place at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) scheduled for Nov. 5–7, also in Los Angeles. "With this blog we're opening up a two-way discussion about how we are making Windows 7. ... We strongly believe that success for Windows 7 includes an open, honest and two-way, discussion about how we balance all of these interests and deliver software on the scale of Windows. We promise and will deliver such a dialogue with this blog," the two wrote. A Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) spokesperson said the goal of the blog is to foster two-way communication between the engineering team and developers for Windows 7, as well as provide additional information on how the OS is being built. RELATED ARTICLES More IT Shops Plan to Wait for Windows 7 No New Kernel On Tap for Windows 7 Windows 7 to Feature Multi-touch Gates Provides More Windows 7 Details Microsoft Just Can't Kill XP For more stories on this topic: "One... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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