How much a departure from NT was XP? How does the Vista -> 7 migration path compare to NT -> XP with regard to significant changes to the underlying technology?
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM, John Duncan Yoyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Thurrott has talked and written about Windows 7. < > http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.asp> > > I think the Windows 7 name is just to sound stable like the windows of > old. They need to get the name as far away from Vista as possible. > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Only one source I could find - The NY Times - is saying today that MS has >> officially announced the next version of Windows will be named "Windows 7". >> Perhaps it just wasn't news to anyone else, but I know here on the list >> we've been speculating if they might not just call it "New Vista" or >> something. >> >> I think it was BillG that was responsible for departing from version >> numbers >> back with Windows 95; apparently with him out of the way reason has >> prevailed.? >> >> >The new version will instead be branded Windows 7, because it is the >> >seventh of a long line of operating systems for PCs developed by the >> >company since the 1980s. The company did not say when it would sell >> >Windows 7 to the public. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/technology/business-computing/29soft.html?th&emc=th >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
