Oct 26 2008, 08:41 AM, updated 17y ago
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Mike Nash, former Security Guru and current Client Guru over at Microsoft, has just announced on the Windows Vista Blog that the new name for Windows “7” will be:
Windows6.1 7
…which makes me wonder why it’s going to be NT 6.1.
It also means that Windows Strata will likely be the codename for the new Cloud OS discussed by Ballmer earlier this month. We’ll carry more about all of this from PDC in two weeks.
Update: Brandon followed up with me on twitter saying it’s the 7th release of Windows, which is ridiculous:
Windows
Windows 2
Windows 3.0
Windows NT (NT 4)
Windows 2000 (NT 5)
Windows XP (NT 5.1)
Windows Vista (NT 6)
That’s 7 releases right there, including XP. If XP isn’t counted because it’s Kernel 5.1 (which would bring the total with Windows 7 back down to seven), then why is Windows 7 being counted as the “seventh” release if it’s kernel 6.1? I hope I’m not the only one seeing the naming problem here.
Kernel increments are used mostly for application compatibility purposes, but still, the logic is lost upon us as most people would count XP as a semi-major release in comparison to 2000. I hope the guys at the Blog have an update, because this is weird.
More potential views of how this could have worked (Update 2: as well as Mike’s clarification) after the break.
So let’s take a look at client releases which may have targeted consumers outside a business environment:
Windows
Windows 2
Windows 3.0
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Those would be the versions of Windows targeted towards a more “homey” audience, and even then, the total hits seven before Windows 7 comes into the picture without including the incremental versions that came between Windows 3.0 (1990) and Windows 95 (1995).
How about business releases?
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.5
Windows NT 4
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Aha! Some success! But how confusing would it be to know that Windows 7 is the seventh Windows based on a list of client operating systems for businesses, and that that list starts at 3.1?
The only approach I see which could possibly work is based on counting kernel revisions, which would only make sense if they did not count XP and also decided to increment the NT kernel to 7, which might just be the biggest piece of news here: enough changes may have been made to the kernel itself to warrant Windows 7’s consideration as an all-around major release.
The answer for that question is in the Full Article but really, I also missed the fact that 7 is actually 6.1Windows
…which makes me wonder why it’s going to be NT 6.1.
It also means that Windows Strata will likely be the codename for the new Cloud OS discussed by Ballmer earlier this month. We’ll carry more about all of this from PDC in two weeks.
Update: Brandon followed up with me on twitter saying it’s the 7th release of Windows, which is ridiculous:
Windows
Windows 2
Windows 3.0
Windows NT (NT 4)
Windows 2000 (NT 5)
Windows XP (NT 5.1)
Windows Vista (NT 6)
That’s 7 releases right there, including XP. If XP isn’t counted because it’s Kernel 5.1 (which would bring the total with Windows 7 back down to seven), then why is Windows 7 being counted as the “seventh” release if it’s kernel 6.1? I hope I’m not the only one seeing the naming problem here.
Kernel increments are used mostly for application compatibility purposes, but still, the logic is lost upon us as most people would count XP as a semi-major release in comparison to 2000. I hope the guys at the Blog have an update, because this is weird.
More potential views of how this could have worked (Update 2: as well as Mike’s clarification) after the break.
So let’s take a look at client releases which may have targeted consumers outside a business environment:
Windows
Windows 2
Windows 3.0
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Those would be the versions of Windows targeted towards a more “homey” audience, and even then, the total hits seven before Windows 7 comes into the picture without including the incremental versions that came between Windows 3.0 (1990) and Windows 95 (1995).
How about business releases?
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.5
Windows NT 4
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Aha! Some success! But how confusing would it be to know that Windows 7 is the seventh Windows based on a list of client operating systems for businesses, and that that list starts at 3.1?
The only approach I see which could possibly work is based on counting kernel revisions, which would only make sense if they did not count XP and also decided to increment the NT kernel to 7, which might just be the biggest piece of news here: enough changes may have been made to the kernel itself to warrant Windows 7’s consideration as an all-around major release.
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I'm waiting for some programmer/developer to create a 3rd-party program that installs and replace Start bar with Superbar for Vista. 
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