Compact "MinWin" Kernel in Windows 7

[Gwidon]

We're very clear that drivers and software that work on Windows Vista are going to work really well on Windows 7; in fact, they'll work the same. We're going to not introduce additional compatibilities, particularly in the driver model. Windows Vista was about improving those things. We are going to build on the success and the strength of the Windows Server 2008 kernel, and that has all of this work that you've been talking about. The key there is that the kernel in Windows Server 08 is an evolution of the kernel in Windows Vista, and then Windows 7 will be a further evolution of that kernel as well.

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[teena_pansare]

The MinWin is present in Windows 7. This is the result of a long process at Microsoft to reorganize the operation of the kernel so that low-level modules are not dependent on higher-level modules. Basically, it is imperative that the core of the nucleus is not dependent on the orbiting modules, which was not always the case previously. MinWin is this new kernel from the kernel. If MinWin is complete, Microsoft will continue to reorganize the foundation of Windows. In short, MinWin is not a new kernel, but the first step toward a reorganization and cleaning it.