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Microsoft knew Windows Phone 7 would be abandoned

When Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8 two weeks ago, it did so with a
notable caveat: the new mobile operating system wouldn't be coming to current
Windows Phone devices. According to a new interview, the company knew early
in the development of Windows Phone 7 that current Windows Phone devices
would have short lifespans.

微軟早於WP7發展時就知道當前的系統僅擁有很短的生命週期。

This was known as development for Windows Phone 8 was done in parallel with
Windows Phone 7, since the company wanted to merge its mobile kernel with the
Windows NT kernel but didn't have the necessary time. While Windows Phone 7
will be getting an overhauled start screen, it won't be compatible with
applications developed for Windows Phone 8. Greg Sullivan, senior product
manager for Windows Phone, told CNET UK that Microsoft knew from the
beginning that Windows Phone 7 would eventually be abandoned and chose not to
tell its customers.

WP7與WP8是同時進行的，因為團隊早就想統一為NT核心，但時間不足。
微軟從一開始就知道WP7終將被廢棄，但選擇不告訴消費者。

Development for Windows Phone 8 even began before Windows Phone 7 was
released in some ways, Sullivan said.

甚至WP8的開發早於WP7發表之前。

"The team that developed the 7.5 release actually was working in parallel
with the core team that was already beginning [Windows Phone 8]," Sullivan
told the technology site. "In fact some of that work was already initiated
before Windows Phone 7 was even available – so this goes back a little bit."

WP7.5開發團隊與WP8核心團隊同時進行，某些部分甚至再WP7完成前就已啟動

Sullivan told CNET UK that unifying Microsoft's Windows kernel with its
Windows Phone kernel was "always the plan" and called the lack of
compatibility between Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 a "generational
shift." He then went on to add that Microsoft doesn't expect a similar
"generational shift" in the foreseeable future because of the design of the
new architecture. Windows Phone 7 devices will continue to receive support
and work with Microsoft's online services, such as SkyDrive and Xbox Live,
even though they won't be as tightly integrated with Microsoft's upcoming
Windows 8 operating system as Windows Phone 8 devices will be.

更換核心一直是微軟的計畫，因為不想在可預見的將來再做一次這樣核心更換
儘管無法與Win8高度整合，WP7仍將如同skydrive與XBOX LIVE般持續接受支援

According to Sullivan, Microsoft chose to launch Windows Phone 7 knowing its
limited timeframe because it had to compete against Android and iOS
immediately. "It was important for us to establish this new approach in user
experience and begin to build the developer ecosystem," Sullivan said. "Those
are necessary but not sufficient steps to establish a new platform and we
didn't want to wait until [we were able to launch Windows Phone 8] to begin
that because we're maintaining those core characteristics of the platform."

WP7的推出是為了立即投入與阿婆及估狗的競爭，不能等到WP8平台出來再做

新聞來源：
http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-knew-windows-phone-7-was-dead-on-arrival

隨便附上大意，這裡有一篇更完整的
http://is.gd/IWlcSe

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