On Thursday at a conference for its field sales for, Microsoft discussed its newest version of Windows which is currently being developed under the codename “7″ (The OS formally known as Windows Vienna). I was sitting here pondering where they may have come up with the name from, but couldn’t quite nail it down. My first reaction was well, this is the 7th major release of Windows if you take out all the ones that didn’t count such as Windows ME and Windows Vista (Well, I guess the verdict is still out on Vista). Then I thought well, maybe they named it after the number of years it took them to get their last OS out the door.

Anyways, it looks like this newest OS is Microsoft’s attempt to get around to a more standard release cycle. According to the details that have leaked out, Windows 7 will come in the usual flavors (Too many) with consumer and business versions in 32 and 64-bit. Microsoft is also considering a subscription model.

While no specific dates are mentioned, this new OS should grace our computers sometime in the next 3 years or so.

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