Microsoft is sticking with the name Windows 7 when it releases the next version of its client operating system, according to Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows product management.The Windows client operating system will eventually lose its beta tag, but not its code-name as Microsoft opts for “simplicity” with its naming conventions, Nash said on the Vista team blog.
It was the product’s code name, something relatively simple, and it is generally seen as a lucky number (at least here in the United States).But to arrive at the number 7, Microsoft does some strange math, as general manager Mike Nash outlined in a blog posting Tuesday. Nash writes:
Brad Brooks, vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing at Microsoft, has gone on the offensive against Vista bashers, Apple and Linux as he personally “draws a line in the sand” and starts fighting for Windows Vista. During Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in July Brooks told the attendees: “Today we’re making a statement. We’re going to do things differently. We’re going to tell our story - the real Windows Vista story.”
It’s never been easier to switch to Windows Vista — or to stay with Windows XP. That was the message Microsoft sent to businesses this week by announcing that it was extending eligibility for Windows Vista Small Business Assurance through to Dec. 31, 2008 while also extending the cut-off date for large OEMs to be able to downgrade to Windows XP until July 31, 2009.
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