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After Microsoft naming the upcoming Windows operating system as Windows 7 product code name. There are a lot of question arise why Microsoft is calling the next Windows operating system as Windows 7. Plus more, what is the truly meaning of Windows 7.
Some suggested that it was the version number of the code used while others said it was famous lucky number over US. All of these speculations were far from the truth.
However, i have gather some information about ” how does 7 come from Windows “plus take a look below Windows version product code name.
General manager Mike Nash outlined in a blog posting Tuesday . Nash writes:
The very first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the second was Windows 2.0, the third Windows 3.0.
Here’s where things get a little more complicated. Following Windows 3.0 was Windows NT, which was code-versioned as Windows 3.1. Then came Windows 95, which was code-versioned as Windows 4.0. Then, Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Millennium each shipped as 4.0.1998, 4.10.2222, and 4.90.3000, respectively. So we’re counting all 9x versions as being 4.0.
Windows 2000 code was 5.0, and then we shipped Windows XP as 5.1. Even though it was a major release, we didn’t want to change code version numbers to maximize application compatibility. That brings us to Windows Vista, which is 6.0. So we see Windows 7 as our next logical significant release and seventh in the family of Windows releases.
Generation of Windows operating system
Windows 1 (Windows 1)
Windows 2 (Windows 2)
Windows 3 (Windows 3, Windows NT)
Windows 4 (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME)
Windows 5 (Windows 2000, Windows XP)
Windows 6 (Windows Vista)
Windows 7 (Windows 7)
That is how the 7 was picked for the new operating system. So, do you think Windows 7 name suitable for the upcoming Windows opearating system ?
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