Post subject: The name of Windows 7, Was it first Windows 2007? Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:31 pm
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When I was looking at a video of the Mix09 (Disigning the Windows 7 Desktop Experience), I saw this dia:
It says: Windows 2007. Was this in the beginning the reason to call it Windows 7, or is it a mistake? I know the reason for now (however I think it is not really clear).
Edit: lateron he says: "this review named windows 7 windows 2007 which is kind of interesting". So is it a mistake? Or is there a good reason for it?
Post subject: Re: The name of Windows 7, Was it first Windows 2007? Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:23 pm
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Actually, Blackcomb was suppose to be released in 2005, but then Microsoft announced Longhorn, which was suppose to be released in 2003 as a minor OS release.
Post subject: Re: The name of Windows 7, Was it first Windows 2007? Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:16 pm
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Thlump wrote:
Actually, Blackcomb was suppose to be released in 2005, but then Microsoft announced Longhorn, which was suppose to be released in 2003 as a minor OS release.
This isn't Blackcomb though. Blackcomb died. Vienna isn't even real (I know you didn't mention it, I'm just throwing it out there). Longhorn was a scrapped plan, it became a major OS. 7 is just another Windows continuation, but not as Blackcomb.
Post subject: Re: The name of Windows 7, Was it first Windows 2007? Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:32 am
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I dunno, I sorta feel and seem to remember that Blackcomb was to be the next major OS after Longhorn. That said, Vista is essentially LongHorn, and 7 is a minor release. Vienna apparently was a re-named blackcomb. In my opinion, Windows 8 is Blackcomb.
I've noticed that in certain build strings of misc. updates that microsoft releases, the "lhlab" still exists - the internal codename of Vista build labs appear to still be longhorn. Windows 7 builds are tagged "win7", which is what Windows 7 has been codenamed since the project started.
If the first binaries from Windows 8 leak out and say anything other than lh, vista, or win7 as the build tag, then we should have a fair idea as to what the next codename will be, aside from the probable win8.
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Post subject: Re: The name of Windows 7, Was it first Windows 2007? Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:13 am
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Panda X wrote:
This isn't Blackcomb though. Blackcomb died. Vienna isn't even real (I know you didn't mention it, I'm just throwing it out there). Longhorn was a scrapped plan, it became a major OS. 7 is just another Windows continuation, but not as Blackcomb.
And yet, I got people at my place still arguing that Windows 7 comes from Blackcomb
Post subject: Re: The name of Windows 7, Was it first Windows 2007? Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:29 am
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We have already seen in the past that codenames and projects merge together into a new one (Odyssey etc), so it's not too far out to speculate that Blackcomb and Vienna has simply been merged into a new OS, perhaps the next version of Windows, perhaps parts of it into Windows 7. As Microsoft make plans for future releases they codename the various projects, then perhaps they realize that some main features should be merged, scrapped or moved, thus creating a new project and scrapping the old ones, along with their respective codenames. Since Microsoft never goes out with a clear message that they scrapped a particular codename all we get are speculations (and heated such as we've seen here), but it is a fact that mergers and splits happens with projects. And how do you name a project where parts of say, Vienna and parts of Blackcomb are combined? You make up a new codename for the project that merged the two old ones... I simply don't think it's just that easy to say that "Windows 7 is Blackcomb". Win7 became the end product we call Windows 7. Just as Longhorn did become the end product we know as Vista, regardless of what Microsoft wanted Longhorn to become in the beginning. And with Longhorn Microsoft proved to us very well that things changes during a product development.
Personally I doubt we'll ever see Blackcomb or Vienna in anything (unless MS recycles the codenames) and that part of it may already have ended up with Windows 7, while other parts are worked on for the successor. Time will tell if I am right .
As for "Windows 2007" this may have been a slipup, or it could have been the very original idea of what Vista or Windows 7 was supposed to become. I mean, it won't be far until we start hearing rumors about "Windows 8", and who knows, perhaps Microsoft will go the "Office" way and call it Windows 2010 (or whatever year they think it will be released).
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