News Microsoft to call Windows 7, Windows 7

they ran out of names or bill isn't there to make up names so they panic and called it 7

people didn't switch to vista because it was totally different and uncomfortable, windows 7 looks like vista so people won't be bothered moving. Let's confuse to consumers more.

so will this version have the advance settings all locked down with more pop-ups every time i do something because double clicking anything is a risk to my computer? Like honestly why did it even say it when i'm installing Microsoft products confuses the hell out of me.

 

Shouldn't it say 'but THEN I'm a bit of a sucker for version numbers'?

 

Windows 7 vs. OS 11! Go!

 

Ah yes... good point. I had forgotten it should've been NT kernels. D'oh!

And so far Windows 7 is not on a version 7 kernel, but actually 6.1... oh well. When I had it as 7 the name made more sense. Maybe the kernel number will change before RTM?

Revised list:

NT4 = 4.0
2000 = 5.0
XP = 5.1
2003 = 5.2
Vista/2008 = 6
7 = 6.1

 

New blog posting: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/14/why-7.aspx

 

Can someone tell a non native speaker what "aspirational" means...doesn't turn up in my dictionary.


"we are absolutely committed to making sure application compatibility is optimized for our customers."

Hey Boss, people are having massive compatibility problems with vista.
Who cares?
They're not buying it.
...ummmm, then I know just the slogan for our next build!

Well that's something new...what genius came up with that one?

 

Aspirational:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aspirational

 

why don't they call win 7 vista se (second edition) because that is what it will be !!! what a shame

 

Thx!