http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2008/10/13/breaking-news-official-name-of-windows-7-announced.aspx“It is? It’s announced? What’s the name?” “Windows 7” “Yeah.. the product that was codename ‘Windows 7’. What’s the official name?” “Windows 7” “Um.. The official name of what was known as ‘Windows 7’ is..” “Windows 7”! Yep. “I’m confuseden-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2008/10/13/breaking-news-official-name-of-windows-7-announced.aspx#3137321Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:04:59 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3137321Kevin Remde<p>Well then, the next major release (7.0) will have to be called something like Windows 2012 (RTM 2013). &nbsp;</p> <p>(Ooo! &nbsp;Did I say that out loud?!)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3137321" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2008/10/13/breaking-news-official-name-of-windows-7-announced.aspx#3137316Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:57:15 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3137316Philip Colmer<p>I'm more bothered on what the operating system will deliver than what it is called (I guess so long as it isn't Bob!).</p> <p>There are, however, clearly quite a few people who think this is a daft name, though. It is a reverse on an earlier MS policy regarding the name and, worse than that, even though it is going to be *called* Windows 7, the version number is going to be 6.1! That just doesn't make sense, regardless of the explanation of why it is so. Trouble ahead when we get to the next version!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3137316" width="1" height="1">