Microsoft calling its next operating system "7"

[graflok]

MS's internal code name for its next operating system (after Vista) is "7"

article (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/20/vistas-successor-now-known-as-7-due-out-within-three-years?=7)

[pumma]

Maybe bacause they counted their previous major versions:

Win.NT, Win.95, Win.98/SE, Win.Me, Win.2000, Win.XP, Win.Vista >>> Win.7

They can do what they want, I don't use M$ solutins/software since 2003 ... ;)

[phoenixchilde]

Maybe bacause they counted their previous major versions:

Win.NT, Win.95, Win.98/SE, Win.Me, Win.2000, Win.XP, Win.Vista >>> Win.7

They can do what they want, I don't use M$ solutins/software since 2003 ... ;)

Thank you Pumma, I was going to say that, but you beat me to it.

And yes, Microsoft still sucks.

[ramesees]

Traditionally Microsoft released two separate lines for their operating systems, a home version and a business / server version.

As you can imagine the business / server version had a much more stable and secure core, better memory handling etc.. and was more robust. The home version had less robust handling hence the reason for the crashes for years.

When Microsoft released XP they merged the two lines and they now run off the same core (the NT core).

As a result, Windows version "7", is actually NT 7.0, in the same way that Windows 2000 is NT 5.0, XP is NT 5.1, and Vista is NT 6.0.

You'll also here the name Vienna bandied around in relation to this next operating system as that is their internal code name for it as well, in the same way Longhorn was the codename of Vista until it was given its commerical name.

If anyone wants to know anymore, ask away.

[phoenixchilde]

But you forgot Windows 3.1x
That was a major version because it was the first one that won
major acceptance and the one that trounced OS/2

Windows 3.1x was a program, not an operating system. It could only be run on a machine with a DOS operating system.