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Why is it called 7?
Do they now name products after when they first started talking about them so that the release date doesn't matter?
Posted by: fr0thy2   Posted on: 05/11/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Why is it called 7?  fr0thy2 | 05/11/09
Think Windows 7.0, not Windows 2007 (n/t)  LeoD | 05/11/09
hmm  exxtraz | 05/11/09
But it's not ...  mwagner@... | 05/12/09
Well, "Jaundiced Jackalope" was already taken  GuidingLight | 05/11/09
Do you mean "Jaunty"?  andyb@... | 05/12/09
Considering the meaning of the word  unclefixer@... | 05/12/09
Because they wanted to  mikefarinha | 05/11/09
Excellent news that it's awesome.  fr0thy2 | 05/11/09
Right  de-void | 05/11/09
re-jigged, no but it is the same code base  markdean | 05/12/09
Wow! Someone is impressed...  MGP2 | 05/11/09
the word Awesome  A-USA-Smith | 05/13/09
Actualy its NT 7  jdbukis@... | 05/12/09
Who cares? Why are so many people spending so much time...  ye | 05/12/09
because we want to  markdean | 05/12/09
How does determining why Microsoft named a version of Windows...  ye | 05/12/09
Actually, it's NT 6.1  markdean | 05/12/09
Still no banana  blue_smirnoff | 05/19/09
The good news is that Windows 7 is awesome  A-USA-Smith | 05/12/09
They call it 7 because that is the build data; XP SP2 was build data 6.  Gillman_Zorgam | 05/11/09
Vista is build data 6.01.66 and XP SP2 was build data 5.1.26  Gillman_Zorgam | 05/11/09
Cause the name "Windows 6.1" sucks  Yensi717 | 05/11/09
It's the (7)th Windows OS platform  djzoey | 05/12/09
Then what is Vista?  mikefarinha | 05/12/09
They named it 7  emenau | 05/12/09
Because it's version 7  masmi01 | 05/13/09
Money ???  Christian_<>< | 05/11/09
You've clearly never worked in or run a business  de-void | 05/11/09
To see them as needed  fr0thy2 | 05/11/09
Really?  de-void | 05/11/09
Gladly...... Life exist outside of Windows  Christian_<>< | 05/11/09
You didn't provide the requested answers  de-void | 05/11/09
To be fair...  Earthling2 | 05/11/09
We are migrating away from Windows.  agohige | 05/12/09
Now How Did I know?  LegendsOfBatman | 05/12/09
Geeks..  mojorison67@... | 05/12/09
On the contrary...  Dave32265 | 05/12/09
why Micro$oft  A-USA-Smith | 05/13/09
something goes wrong...  mojorison67@... | 05/12/09
Correction...  MGP2 | 05/11/09
Maybe you've only worked at a few businesses.  storm14k | 05/12/09
Laughed at by a full conference room  dpatjhh | 05/12/09
A room full...  LegendsOfBatman | 05/12/09
I so Agree  kuilboer | 05/13/09
RE: Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009  Djblois | 05/11/09
Could be they do not wish to hurt  GuidingLight | 05/11/09
Get the money in ...  fr0thy2 | 05/11/09
waiting for the release of Windows 7 before purchasing a new computer  shellcodes_coder | 05/11/09
Why Not?  LegendsOfBatman | 05/12/09
Will Windows ever want to make a perfect OS?  estonijaan | 05/11/09
No. MS wants to make OS' as imperfectly as possible  LegendsOfBatman | 05/12/09
Good luck...  algispetr | 05/25/09
"Admits" is a curious word for this article's title  tunghoy | 05/12/09
RE: Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009  bfdarcy@... | 05/12/09
Windows 7  Evisscerator | 05/12/09
Its about time they bow down to us for a change.  A-USA-Smith | 05/13/09
RE: Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009  yendor1944 | 05/12/09
http://download.live.com/  Earthling2 | 05/12/09
what is it 2009 or 2010?  amj2006 | 05/18/09
Release date must be Feb 25, 2010  algispetr | 05/25/09

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