Well the cat is out of the bag ,the new Microsoft OS which is due to be launched in a couple of years time. But why is it called Windows 7? There were all kinds of theories of the naming. Some very very bizarre justification but some were practical . Now the VISTA Blog‘s Mike Nash explained the justification behind the the naming of the much anticipated OS.
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 7th in the family of Windows releases.
So there you have it it was a simple numbering system with the OS’s that were launched which ultimately equated to the new OS being the 7th version hence WINDOWS 7
