One of the most interesting things about the technology industry is that no matter what the news story is, there will be people either claiming it to be nothing but a speculative rumour or else a devious conspiracy theory of some kind.  When the Windows 7 concept first hit the news channels, there were many people that came into the camp of the rumour, believing that it was too soon for Microsoft to have done anything in the realm of Multitouch functional software.

A recent All Things Digital conference held in late May has proved that to be completely false.

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, the two names that have been most associated with Microsoft over the course of the company’s history, banned together as they have done throughout the whole Multitouch adventure and demoed the aspects of Windows 7 that had already been figured out.  Based on that demo, we can now conclusively say that the Windows 7 software system will have Multitouch technology when it actually hits the store.

What does this prove?  Well, for starters, it proves that Microsoft is starting to understand how the Multitouch market works and is starting to adapt their products and services to cater to that market.  Windows 7 represents a mainstream push on the part of Microsoft and Multitouch, something that the Surface never came close to achieving even at the best of times.