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"Windows 7" graduates from codename to real name
While other software makers have named their operating systems after the version number (Mac OS 9, or OS X), or the release date (Ubuntu 8.10 will come out in October, 2008), Microsoft has taken an all of the above approach. Think Windows 3.11 or Windows 2000. And Windows XP ad Vista weren't really named after anything.
So what's the deal with Windows 7? This will be the seventh major Windows
Microsoft will be making a developer preview of Windows 7 available to attendees of the upcoming PDC and WinHEC conferences.
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Subscribe to commentsLearn_You_FactsOct 13th 2008 9:28PM
The number 7 comes from the NT number, not the "major release" number. NT started at 3 and since XP was 5.1, that would make this the /6th/ major NT release. And since there were 6 major non NT releases(Windows 1-3, 95, 98, ME) this would be the 12th major Windows release.
aanidaaniOct 13th 2008 9:28PM
So I guess they really are abandoning Vista. How sad for them -- all that development time... They really need to start reassessing their development and product lifecycles.
kojo87Oct 13th 2008 9:28PM
i really would like to see some shots that dont look like a 7th grader with Photoshop edited some screen grabs of Vista.
come on MS. give me some reasons why it would be worth my bandwidth to download a bootleg of Windows 7. i want to know what's different!
MarkOct 13th 2008 9:28PM
Jeez, it's not even in beta yet.
kojo87Oct 13th 2008 9:34PM
http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.asp
i found some info
DonovanOct 13th 2008 9:30PM
Um... October 2010 for Ubuntu 8.10? Since when did they start following the Debian release cycle? :P
Brad LinderOct 13th 2008 9:30PM
That is what we in the biz like to call a typo. Fixed. :)
robertazimmermanOct 13th 2008 11:49PM
What's a "Microsoft"? Never heard of 'em.......
EndejasOct 13th 2008 11:49PM
Full page ads? Fuck that.
DanielOct 14th 2008 8:33AM
I think Windows 2010 would be better...
or Windows Mojave :)
edocronianOct 14th 2008 8:33AM
I'm not so sure on your take on Mac OS X being a version number. I mean, yeah, it was a few years ago, but now its the branding either by design or by accident.
Think of the current version being OSX, version 5.5
I'll stick my nuts on the workbench by saying that Apple are highly unlikely to increment the X to XI or 11 or whatever. It just doesnt make marketing sense.
lowellOct 15th 2008 7:10AM
except that when you go 'About this Mac', it reads Version 10.5.5.
ArcadeSNSOct 14th 2008 9:28AM
Wasn't Vista64 the 2003 Server 64bit kernel and Vista 32 the XP kernel? Didn't they do the same thing back with the 98 kernel and ME?
Hopefully they've learned, but microsoft is great at bringing out half baked product and then improving it until no one competes, then dumping the project and leaving it for dead.. err I mean complete.
LordDaManOct 14th 2008 12:12PM
No. Vista is NT 6.0. Server 2003 is NT 5.3. I think the 64 bit versions may have kept the same numbering scheme, but it's certainly not the same kernel and far more then just a 64 bit recompile
Plus windows 98 and ME both had somewhat differnt kernals. Win98 gold was 4.1.1998 and ME was 4.90.3000
JamesOct 14th 2008 2:44PM
#1 was also wrong -- yes, Vista is NT 6.0. So is Sever 2008. Both are very different structurally from XP -- in fact, the difference between 2000 to XP is much smaller than the difference between XP and Vista. I think "Windows 7" (guh) is really just an excuse to sell Vista Service pack 2 (maybe 3 by the time it comes out...) instead of giving it away. It'll fix a few of the nagging things (that's a UAC joke, get it?) they got wrong in Vista.
For the record, I don't hate Vista -- I run it on all my machines that can handle it well -- but I agree that there's still things to be worked on.
Jash SayaniOct 14th 2008 9:47AM
Nice to know the naming system... But anyways "Windows Cloud" now known as Windows Strata will still not be Windows 6.9 !!
Cilff PaletteOct 14th 2008 12:11PM
Windows7 = Vista 2.0
AdbOct 14th 2008 2:40PM
The new and improved Vista, with DRM still included -- As before, I will stay away from M$ spyware (orwell-ware fits better)
supergirlz64Nov 16th 2008 8:43PM
Hey guys the beta of windows 7 is already out and if you know how to use a torrent site then you can get it. They (microsoft) didn't abandon Vista they only made it better and its called Windows 7. Its works great, has all the functionality of XP but the look and feel of Vista but better, I would say that this time they got it right.