Tuesday, February 7, 2017
MICROSOFT used their name Windows Y
MICROSOFT used their name Windows Y
Windows 7 has been released to
public but many people are so
much confused about its name.
People are talking about why
did Microsoft use the name
Windows 7?
In this topic, well try to
explain the reason behind it!
The decision to use the name
Windows 7 is about simplicity.
Over the years, we have taken
different approaches to naming
Windows. Weve used version
numbers like Windows 3.1, or
dates like Windows 98, or
"aspirational" monikers like
Windows XP or Windows Vista.
And since we do not ship new
versions of Windows every
year, using a date did not make
sense. Likewise, coming up
with an all-new "aspirational"
name does not do justice to
what we are trying to achieve,
which is to stay firmly rooted
in our aspirations for Windows
Vista, while evolving and
refining the substantial
investments in platform
technology in Windows Vista
into the next generation of
Windows.
Simply put, this is the seventh
release of Windows, so
therefore "Windows 7" just
makes sense.
And if you are confused why
Windows 7 is the 7th release of
Windows, here is another
simple explanation:
First Windows version was
Windows 1.0. Second was
Windows 2.0 and third was
Windows 3.0. When Windows
NT was released, it was code
versioned as Windows 3.1.
Windows 95, 98, 98 SE and ME
(Millennium Edition) were code
versioned as Windows 4.0 as all
were using Non-NT kernel or 9x
kernel.
Windows 2000 was code
versioned as Windows 5.0 and
Windows XP as Windows 5.1.
Next version was Windows
Vista which was code
versioned as Windows 6.0.
Since Windows 7 is the next
Windows version, Microsoft
decided to call it Windows 7 for
easy and better understanding.
1.0: Windows 1.0
2.0: Windows 2.0
3.0: Windows 3.0
3.1: Windows NT
4.0: Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME
5.0: Windows 2000
5.1: Windows XP
6.0: Windows Vista
7.0: Windows 7
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