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As earlier reported, Microsoft is now fully focused on fiocusng on the ever emerging cloud computing market, and after the huge downfall of vista, codename of the next version of windows was given dubbed “Strata”.
But today MS gave the new name to it’s next OS - Windows 7.
Microsoft vice president of Windows product management Mike Nash blogged Monday, Microsoft is adopting the current codename for the final product, for reasons best explained by himself.
Over the years, we have taken different approaches to naming Windows. We’ve used version numbers like Windows 3.11, or dates like Windows 98, or “aspirational” monikers like Windows XP or Windows Vista. And since we do not ship new versions of Windows every year, using a date did not make sense.
Windows really needs to inspire users to either upgrade or change their perspective, and Microsoft has done some work after the mojave experiment and signing up a $500m marketing campaign including that of the hilarious Jerry Seinfeld publicizing windows with Bill Gates. Linux is quickly being adopted in different tastes including the ever increasingly popular UBUNTU of canonical. And Bill Gates best friend Steve jobs isn’t far behind as we could see the apple MAC market share has increased 1% this year.
The best features will be that of the ever popular boasted multi touch user interface and increased driver support. Microsoft also said today that it has full intentions of releasing VISTA Service Pack 2 before windows 7. Here is the new logo MS gave.
Likewise, coming up with an all-new “aspirational” name does not do justice to what we are trying to achieve, which is to stay firmly rooted in our aspirations for Windows Vista, while evolving and refining the substantial investments in platform technology in Windows Vista into the next generation of Windows.
Here is an official video of the newly announced OS, which will further discussed in the upcoming PDC on 26th of this month.
Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore ‘Windows 7′ just makes sense.
What do you think, can Windows overshadow the failures of Windows Vista? Comment on it.
Too many corporate clients are now looking to body-slam Microsoft. If Windows 7 (and they don’t give two hoots about the name) isn’t miles ahead of XP (because Vista will be done grudgingly if at all - many are taking MS to task for forcing the issue on them) their tests now underway with Macs, Linux, etc. will be spun into production.
We are at the tipping point. I’ve spent many days recently with SW vendors scrapping MS-based development for open source stack development, throwing away 90+ person-years of work to get out from under. The corporate clients are getting ready to move, too.
If they’re worried about the name instead of what the value to the buyer is, they’re (in the words of the Mogambo Guru), “all freakin’ doomed”.
Well you are right this time focus should be rather on quality and rather not the graphical eye candy as in the case of vista.
HP is now looking to crap windows and install linux on it’s machine as a OEM.
Will MS be able to sustain’s its monopoly.
Only time could tell.
Get your info correct. Strata isn’t the codename of the Windows 7. And neither is Linux (bullshit) a threat by a long way to Windows. Also, OS X has a 1% share, which counts for almost nothing, when you count in the number of people who use pirated Windows. Pathetic article.
@ Anonymous, nice lecture - but dont you think it would have been nice to come up with a real name. It would be nice to have some 101 course in ethics before lecturing others to have some training in journalism. But than too its funny how much info, one can glean from the ip that gets logged into wordpress once you comment.
Vista with a coat of paint, I will never tire of saying that’s what Windows 7 is. NT 6.1 Do you see any “7″s in that? Didn’t think so.
M$ is delighted to see you all getting so excited about their “new” os because their ploy of flushing Vista down the toilet with one hand while drying it off and handing it to you with the other seems to be working.
If you prefer, you can look at it as Vista SP3. Because that’s what it is.