NT to XP was big, as big as the Vista jump. 7 by all reports is no depature at all from Vista. This was MS's plan for some time, to start releasing OS's in smaller increments instead of these five year jumps.
Mike On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:13 AM, John Emmerling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
