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July 20, 2007 | Comments: (0)
Microsoft shedding light on Windows 7
Weary of hearing about Windows Vista all year? Well, Microsoft already has begun spreading bits of information on the next Windows client OS, dubbed Windows 7 internally at the company.
"As part of our ongoing outreach to enterprise customers and partners, Microsoft has begun sharing plans for how [it] will continue to deliver value to businesses in the future, including Software Assurance customers in particular," said a Microsoft representative in an emailed statement. Part of this effort involves offering preliminary information on Windows 7 as well as updates on future Windows-related releases such as the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack.
"Microsoft is scoping Windows '7' development to a three-year timeframe, and then the specific release date will ultimately be determined by meeting the quality bar," the representative said. "In the meantime, Microsoft is dedicated to helping customers deploy and get the most business value from their PCs using Windows Vista and related technologies like the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, and we’re encouraged by the response and adoption of these products so far."
The company declined to provide specific details Friday about any features planned for Windows 7. But Microsoft previously talked about a follow-up to Vista codenamed Vienna, to feature security improvements including 128-bit, cryptographically signed application secure identities.
Microsoft representatives on Friday afternoon could not confirm whether Windows 7 and the Vienna project are one and the same.
Vista was released on January 30. Windows Server 2008, the next server version of Windows, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is set to be launched in February 2008.
Posted by Paul Krill on July 20, 2007 04:17 PM
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What do they mean by Windows 7? Even ignoring Windows 1.0 and 2.0 and Windows Server versions, I count eight versions of Windows. ...Or is this Microsoft's way of admitting that two of these were duds?
1) Windows 3.0/3.1/3.11
2) Windows NT
3) Windows 95
4) Windows 98
5) Windows ME
6) Windows 2000
7) Windows XP
8) Windows Vista
This definitely makes upgrading to Windows Vista as early as possible a most. You would not want to upgrade from Windows XP which would be a ten year old operating system by 2010.
Posted by: Techticles at July 30, 2007 05:56 PMlmwoods,
You make perfect sense, but of course this shows the rift between the NT group and the Dos/Win group. As you know NT was a complete rewrite of Windows and was launched as version 3(.51) - to coincide with Windows 3.1... So counting just the NT based windozes...
3) Win NT
4) Win 2000
5) Win XP
6) Win Vista
7) Win 7
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