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Microsoft to unveil Windows 7 features at PDC 2008; 2500 Windows 7 employees broken up into 25 feature teams
D' Technology Weblog — ... teams sound a lot like parts of Windows with which you are familiar. Because of the platform elements of Windows we have many teams that have remained fairly constant over several releases, whereas some teams are brand new or represent relatively new areas composed of some new code and the code that formed the basis of the team. Some teams do lots of work for Server (such as the VM work) and some might have big deliverables outside of Windows 7 (such as Internet Explorer). Full Article ...

Speed up Windows faster
D' Technology Weblog — ... , one statement from Sinofsky this morning will raise eyebrows: In response to the blog’s inaugural call for ideas from the general public about what features they’d like to see in “Windows 7,” he surprisingly acknowledged that many were more interested not so much in features but in behavior. ...

Windows 7 Engineering Squad Has 1000 Developers on 25 Teams [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... Of course many features span various parts of the OS, and it's up to the management to coordinate between the numerous groups. What would we want to see more of? Better and smarter integration between various apps on Windows, for example having their Mail application be tied into Calendars for meeting schedules and Contacts, or making Gadgets able to access various parts of the OS. These are just two examples we came up with in as many seconds, but you get the idea. More integration. [Windows 7 blog] ...

Windows 7 Engineering Squad Has 1000 Developers Spread Over 25 Teams [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... Of course many features span various parts of the OS, and it's up to the management to coordinate between the numerous groups. What would we want to see more of? Better and smarter integration between various apps on Windows, for example having their Mail application be tied into Calendars for meeting schedules and Contacts, or making Gadgets able to access various parts of the OS. These are just two examples we came up with in as many seconds, but you get the idea. More integration. [Windows 7 blog] ...