Windows 7 gets a name: Windows 7
Windows 7 is all about simplicity and that’s why Windows 7 will simply be called Windows, Microsoft announced today.
Mike Nash, corporate vice president for Windows product management at Microsoft, had the honor of announcing the official name. Nash noted that he is “very excited about the opportunity to tell [people] more about Windows 7 in the coming weeks.” But clearly there is not much excitement in the name of the new Windows.
According to Nash, the name “Windows 7” is simple: The company decided against a date in the name (such as “Windows 2008”) since the company does not ship a new Windows every year and it decided against an “aspirational” name (such as “XP” or “Vista”) since it is not really an entirely new release, but just an enhancement over Vista. “Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore “Windows 7″ just makes sense,” Nash said.
“Boring” is too exciting for this topic.
Microsoft doesn’t have a clue. They own enough talent that some of it certainly should be useful – but, there is zero thoughtful direction.
Shouldn’t hurt Bill Gates’ feelings though. Not if he’s thinking of buying the Hammers.
moss
October 14, 2008 at 5:34 pm
The company decided against a date in the name (such as “Windows 2008”) since the company does not ship a new Windows every year
Har!! They decided against a year in the name because they’re incapable even of setting a release date and sticking to it!
K B
October 14, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Come to think of it, Windows Eternity sounds good to me. (See my above comment for context –
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K B
October 14, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I thought it would be windows Venna..
Well Ok
‡ÂJ‡
November 1, 2008 at 8:31 am
ALREADY?!!! JESUS I JUST GOT VISTA!!
Dan
January 18, 2009 at 9:13 am
Hahahahah! Quick learn finish Vista, they’ve got this one comin! Or, you’ll be outdated! Hahahaha
God Knows
January 19, 2009 at 2:55 am
I don’t know why but I wish they’d called it OS/7. I guess OS/7 has a nice monopoly-corporate ‘feel’ to it and IBM certainly doesn’t need the designation for anything anymore.
Perhaps it would work just as well for Microsoft as it did for IBM!
Cinaedh
January 19, 2009 at 10:22 am
I like Vista
I fear Change
Windows 7
Seems real strange
Mike
January 23, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I downloaded the beta version and its way better than Vista.Runs seamless on 512MB even though Microsoft recommends 1GB certainly not a memory hog like Vista
Sam Hagin
January 30, 2009 at 12:45 am