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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Snoopy on October 19, 2008, 11:28:44 AM

Title: Who would have imagined
Post by: Snoopy on October 19, 2008, 11:28:44 AM

That Micro$oft are naming their new "baby" Windows 7  ::)

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Microsoft have revealed that the name for it's new operating system is going to be "Windows 7", the successor to Windows Vista. This name was previously a code name, with many people suspecting that this would change to something else nearer release.

"The decision to use the name Windows 7 is about simplicity. 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. 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."

Source http://www.pcreview.co.uk/news/3646686.php

Title: Re: Who would have imagined
Post by: Barman on October 20, 2008, 06:14:45 AM

They could have just called it $ame old $hite  noooo: