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Microsoft defends Windows 7 name
Andrew Wooden Oct 16 2008, 10:58am
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Software giant speaks out on new operating system title
After taking flack from members of the vocal internet community, Microsoft has explained its reasoning for calling its next operating system simply ‘Windows 7.’
To cut a long story short, the early Microsoft OS releases in the eighties and early nineties are termed simply as Windows 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 – however Windows 95, 98,98 SE and Millennium are all classed as Windows 4.0, while Windows 2000 is 5.0, XP is 5.1 and Vista is 6.0.
The classifications caused many users to share personal interpretations of Windows chronology on the internet, with wildly contrasting results.
Mike Nash, vice president of Windows product management said: "There's been a lot of lively discussion since I confirmed yesterday that the official name for the next version of the Window client operating system will be 'Windows 7' about how we got to the number '7'.
I'll say upfront that there are many ways to count the releases of Windows, and it's been both a trip down memory lane and quite amusing to read all the different theories about how we got to the number."
Link: Computer World
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“Other planned names”
Posted by: David Gerard - Oct 16, 11:30am
Tentative names included Windows Blackcomb, Windows Vienna, WindOS X, Windows Steak and Bl*wj*bs Edition!!! (which proved in beta testing to be Tofu and Long Querulous Discussion About Where Our Relationship Is Going Edition) and Windows 2007^W2008^W2009^W2010.
Blog rant: http://tinyurl.com/3l8pws
“Re: Other planned names”
Posted by: Roger Nunn - Oct 16, 2:55pm
Does it really matter what it is called as long it works well, is secure, consists of one good version and is competitively priced (shades of MacOSX)
“Re: Re: Other planned names”
Posted by: henry - Oct 17, 2:42am
who gives a tosswhat its called as long as it works first time sorry how stupid of me to think that bill ripof would give the brits something that actually works first time or charge us the same price as they charge yanks no he is to greedy for that after somebody has got to pay for the development of his crap software you got it is always the brits
“Re: Re: Re: Other planned names”
Posted by: gerry - Oct 17, 12:38pm
What? The whole reason Vista didnt work 1st time is because the device drivers werent updated by the people who make things like printers, mice and so on. It wasnt microsofts fault.