VR World » Mike Nash http://www.vrworld.com Fri, 10 Apr 2015 07:54:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Microsoft abandons Vista name, welcome Windows 7 http://www.vrworld.com/2008/10/14/microsoft-abandons-vista-name-welcome-windows-7/ http://www.vrworld.com/2008/10/14/microsoft-abandons-vista-name-welcome-windows-7/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:54:09 +0000 http://theovalich.wordpress.com/?p=42 After Windows 2002 being named XP and Windows 6 becoming Vista, I thought Microsoft was thoroughly lost in the world of consumer naming. But luckily, ...

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]]> After Windows 2002 being named XP and Windows 6 becoming Vista, I thought Microsoft was thoroughly lost in the world of consumer naming.
But luckily, the company decided to do a U-turn on naming convention and Windows 7 will become known as – “Windows 7″. In a newsletter send to members of partnering community, Microsoft stated that on PDC 2008 conference in Los Angeles, the company will give out pre-beta versions of their new operating system, “Windows 7″.

Welcome Windows 7

Welcome Windows 7

This name was confirmed by Mike Nash, VP for Windows Product Management. You can read more on TG Daily.

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