With Windows 7 RC version is ready, Microsoft today officially announced the Windows 7 "eco-system is ready to project" (Ecosystem Readiness Program), to help partners (OEM and ISV) to ensure that their existing procedures, equipment and systemswill be compatible with Windows 7.The project will be partners with Microsoft Connect Windows 7 to the creation, development and testing tools, technical documentation, Windows driver package, Windows logo packages, procedures, testing laboratories and other resources for Windows 7 compatibility test.
Hardware developers from Windows Hardware Developer Central access to tools and resources, software developers get from MSDN.
In a Microsoft press conference, Windows product manager Mike Nash discuss this project and also describes how partners to prepare for Windows 7.
Nash said their goal is to ensure that partners, existing hardware and procedures are compatible with Windows 7, to test and adjust the performance problems that may exist to ensure that their equipment, procedures, services to rational use of those new features.