Windows 7: What does ‘feature complete’ mean?

Eloquently put John! Almost made me blush to feel I was part of the team. goes with it!!
On reflection , it seems a little pathetic that a rich company like MS, with their enormous international resources,seem to have to rely to a great extent, in the final assessment, on feedback from the likes of us!

davehc said:

Eloquently put John! Almost made me blush to feel I was part of the team. goes with it!!
On reflection , it seems a little pathetic that a rich company like MS, with their enormous international resources,seem to have to rely to a great extent, in the final assessment, on feedback from the likes of us!

And it's feedback they will get. And it will be received. There will be a calm in the programmers cubicle as he(she) realizes, "ah yes, we have the approval of the global community as witnessed at sevenforums.com"

johngalt said:

It's not only a matter of that - we have a large conglomeration of folks who are not only using it but can provide good, detailed information on what works, what doesn't, workarounds and even flat-out failures in the OS. Dave's and my tweaks for improving the WEI score (and performance) as well as The numerous tutorials already here, *plus* the willingness of all of us to help a fellow out when in need, all point to the fact that we are delving into the OS hardcore - it's not just a scenario where we install and then surf the net all day - we install multiple apps, verify which apps are working correctly, which need some tweaking, which do not work at all, and the types of hardware being used to test is a lot larger than most people realize - not all of us are trying thins on brand spanking new machines - though my primary machine is a beast, I also have W7 now running on the same machine I beta tested and then installed my first final RTM copy of Vista on.

This one repository of users and troubleshooters alone is a vast source of knowledge for M$ - I cannot in honesty say we're the *only* game in town - but we're rapidly approaching a status that shows that we *are* ahead of the curve and will continue to keep pushing the envelope in order to learn this OS and its nuances and such well ahead of other places and other users.

You sir are absolutly right, & we will all strive to make sure we help people when they need it & test this OS till the day it releases.

Mike

johngalt said:

Not to mention the millions of different software out there....

And the billions of ways to break it...