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Following Steve's Philosophy
As you so accurately noted, Steve has a knack for whole numbers as we know from his Microsoft Office reign. Office 12 (2007), Office 11 (2003), Office 10 (XP or version 2002), Office 9 (2000) and these were the actual code names. Now the logical view then would be that Windows 7 would most likely be Windows 2010. It also suggest the beginning of a new decade as Windows 2000 was seen to me and many when it was released at the beginning of this decade.

I personally have also looked in to the idea of a new moniker like XP or Vista. I still find it strange that they are calling it Windows 7 but the version of the kernel is 6.1, unless they are doing this from a release perspective. Vista R2 is still a likely possibility, but something new and differentiator would also be nice, such as 'Windows Glide' which I think would really define the experience for users upgrading from Vista to 7. I am betting on either 2010 or new moniker.
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Interesting ideas!  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 10/07/08
Funny....  MGP2 | 10/07/08
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I disagree  mikefarinha | 10/08/08
no, it was me  ChazzMatt | 10/08/08
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Following Steve's Philosophy  Mr. Dee | 10/07/08
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RE: Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?  db64 | 10/07/08
RE: Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?  inventingtech@... | 10/08/08
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RE: Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?  dprozzo | 10/07/08
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RE: Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?  pgit | 10/08/08
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RE: Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?  artfudd | 10/08/08
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