Windows 7 Is to Be Called, Well, Windows 7

Posted by Abel Avram on Oct 14, 2008

Sections

Enterprise Architecture,

Operations & Infrastructure,

Process & Practices,

Architecture & Design,

Development

Topics

.NET ,

Microsoft ,

Announcements ,

Companies ,

Programming ,

Windows7

Share |

RELATED Research

Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management at Microsoft, has announced the name of the next version of Windows client operating system: Windows 7.

After taking different approaches to naming Windows, using the version number for Windows 3.11, the release year for Windows 98 or Windows 2000, or aspirational names like XP and Vista, Microsoft has decided to use for the next version of its client operating system a plain number, 7. Mike explains the decision:

The decision to use the name Windows 7 is about simplicity. ... Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore "Windows 7" just makes sense.

Windows 7 will be a continuation of Vista, as Mike mentions that their plan is:

... to stay firmly rooted in our aspirations for Windows Vista, while evolving and refining the substantial investments in platform technology in Windows Vista into the next generation of Windows.

Microsoft will disclose more details about Windows 7 during PDC 2008 and WinHEC 2008. The attendees of those two conferences will have the opportunity to see pre-beta builds of Windows 7. A large number of sessions are dedicated to planned improvements brought by the future Windows 7.

RelatedVendorContent

The Agile Tester

Automating Error Reporting for .NET Applications

Troubleshoot Java/.NET performance while getting full visibility in production

Visual Studio vNext: ALM features for Agile Planning, Team Collaboration

RDBMS to NoSQL: Managing the Transition

Related Sponsor

In today’s hyper-competitive world, later may be too late to adopt Agile development and this Roadmap for Success will help you get started. Download "Agile Development: A Manager's Roadmap for Success" now!

1. Back to top

   what was wrong with mojave?

   by Jay Dub

   :)

   Reply

2. Back to top

   Mojave == Vista

   by Sarfaraz Aalam

   It was Windows Vista which was disguised as Mojave just to show the people that it is a good OS.

   Reply