neowin.net — Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will be the final name for next generation operating system.In a blog, Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management confirmed the news. Oct 13, 2008 View in Crawl 4
gcnaddictOct 13, 2008
<a class="user" href="http://www.aeroxp.org/2008/10/introducing-windows-7/">http://www.aeroxp.org/2008/10/introducing-windows- ...</a>XP was likely not counted in their total, which makes sense given that it's Windows 5.1, which brings our list to:WindowsWindows 2Windows 3Windows NT 4Windows 2000Windows VistaThe minor releases weren't counted, and 7 is a "minor" kernel change. It's still nuts and confusing.
dreiterOct 13, 2008
Bypass all the themed names, 7 it is! However, is it 7 or Seven?
jaimypOct 14, 2008
Great, I like the name. It's simple and professional. As it should be.
fduchOct 14, 2008
Maybe they'll bump the version to 7 in future.
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gcnaddictOct 13, 2008
<a class="user" href="http://www.aeroxp.org/2008/10/introducing-windows-7/">http://www.aeroxp.org/2008/10/introducing-windows- ...</a>XP was likely not counted in their total, which makes sense given that it's Windows 5.1, which brings our list to:WindowsWindows 2Windows 3Windows NT 4Windows 2000Windows VistaThe minor releases weren't counted, and 7 is a "minor" kernel change. It's still nuts and confusing.
dreiterOct 13, 2008
Bypass all the themed names, 7 it is! However, is it 7 or Seven?
jaimypOct 14, 2008
Great, I like the name. It's simple and professional. As it should be.
fduchOct 14, 2008
Maybe they'll bump the version to 7 in future.