Summary: Vista 7 still a no-go area for those who expect compatibility with hardware, software, and Web sites; GPL violations in Vista 7 tool are finally corrected (months late)

ACCORDING to The Register, the compatibility complex of Vista 7 by all means persists.

The Royal Mail's Parcelforce website is upsetting some Windows 7 fans, because the service doesn't support Microsoft's latest operating system.

As we last pointed out a few days ago, compatibility issues in Vista 7 are a recurring theme. For example we have:

• Signs That Vista 7 -- Like Vista -- Will Pose Compatibility Issues
• Vista 7 Starter Edition Called “Too Wimpy” by IDG, Compatibility Problems Foreseen
• Vista 7 Roundup: Microsoft Admits Upgrade Errors, People Wait for SP1, Compatibility Issues Identified
• Vista 7 -- Just Like Vista -- Incompatible with Vital Services
• Vista 7 Incompatibility Issues, Crashes, and More NPD Lies
• Jerry Seinfeld Dumps Vista, Some Users Prefer Vista Over Vista 7 Because of Incompatibility
• Vista 7 Crashes on Certain Hardware, Stifles Samba Compatibility
• Vista 7 Crashes on Certain Hardware, Stifles Samba Compatibility
• Windows, Cisco Do Not Support Vista 7

Well, compatible or not, Vista 7 is finally compliant with the GPL (many pro-Microsoft people rave about it, including Mary Jo Foley) after violating the GPL [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and not for the first time, either [1, 2, 3]. ⬆