Comment on CoApp, package management system for open source apps on WindowsComments−VMG16yIt is interesting that Microsoft is involved with this. One of the developers is being paid to work on this project full-time.Now if there were something like this for device drivers...−barake16yWindows 7 downloads and installs appropriate (and not generic!) drivers if allowed, even decent video drivers.−koenigdavidmj16yYep. I was pleasantly surprised that after I had made it through the initial rounds of Windows Update, I had an Intel icon in my systray.Of course, the fact that my Broadcom wireless NIC was supported out of the box was also nice.−VMG16ythanks for the info - I somehow missed that when I installed win7 on my machine
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It is interesting that Microsoft is involved with this. One of the developers is being paid to work on this project full-time.
Now if there were something like this for device drivers...
Windows 7 downloads and installs appropriate (and not generic!) drivers if allowed, even decent video drivers.
Yep. I was pleasantly surprised that after I had made it through the initial rounds of Windows Update, I had an Intel icon in my systray.
Of course, the fact that my Broadcom wireless NIC was supported out of the box was also nice.
thanks for the info - I somehow missed that when I installed win7 on my machine