Thread: Windows 7 and the release rumors

On the Internet rumors currently making to the planned publication date of Windows 7, the successor to the current Windows Vista that round. They are contrary to everything that Microsoft wanted to learn from the Vista development.


It's quite funny - apparently to a simple e-mail have been sufficient to elicit the managers at Microsoft, a statement about the current state Development and the remaining development time of Windows 7 (formerly codenamed Vienna). This is allegedly done to the (little known) website Winvistaclub.com. To the question "What is the expected timeline for the availability of Windows 7?" (Literally "In what time frame with the availability of Windows expected 7?") Was not the industry's usual response, "We not comment on rumors about unannounced products," but somewhat surprisingly concrete.


Microsoft understand that you are currently in the planning stages of Windows 7 befinde, the development will take about three years to complete and a release date will be determined if the quality requirements are met for the product.


The biggest problem with this message: All colleagues on the Internet - big and little - take this statement as an opportunity to work with a release of Windows 7 is no longer the end of 2009, but expected 2011 to 2012. This statement is highly questionable:




Microsoft has after the completion of Windows Vista officially put on record that they will never insert between two operating system versions such a long break as with Win XP and Vista. Windows XP (codename Whistler) on 25 Completed in October 2001. When Vista was released the (corporate customers) on 30 November 2006, just five years after XP. If Windows 7 really appear until 2011/2012, it would miss its own target.


The development of Windows 7, previously codenamed Vienna, formerly codenamed Blackcomb started depending on the interpretation prior to the completion of Vista. The code name Blackcomb is already a very long time for the major operating system update to Windows XP. A first trial was published in 2000 . Later it was decided that between Whistler and Blackcomb with Vista still would appear another operating system to gain time.


The collection of ideas for Blackcomb / Vienna / Windows 7 goes back very far. It is extremely doubtful that Microsoft (produce paper) after such a long time still in the planning phase. Even if you Blackcomb vorlässt outside, then have at Microsoft - began with the completion of a product that works on successor - as with any operating system, development of the past.


The new head of Windows development, s a friend of a regular product cycle and represents the position of Theres always a new version - so there is to try no reason to make Windows 7 the world upside down and After Windows Vista once again stuck to five / six years in an operating system development.