According to NetworkWorld, Microsoft has sent a letter to its big corporate customers stating that the successor to Vista will be released in January of 2010, three years after the launch of Vista:
[Senior vice president Bill] Veghte went further in addressing customer concerns over application compatibility, which had been a problem shortly after Vista’s release.
“You’ve also let us know you don’t want to face the kinds of incompatibility challenges with the next version of Windows you might have experienced early with Windows Vista. As a result, our approach with Windows 7 is to build off the same core architecture as Windows Vista so the investments you and our partners have made in Windows Vista will continue to pay off with Windows 7. Our goal is to ensure the migration process from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is straightforward.”
I’m kind of conflicted here.
I really think Vista is a nice upgrade over XP at this point, provided you have the hardware to support it.
On the other hand, Vista is crippled in terms of public perception, and Windows 7 is necessary not so much to address technical failings but to wash the rancid taste of Vista’s bungled launch out of everyone’s mouths.
As such, I don’t expect Windows 7 to be a radical upgrade from Vista — that bit about maintaining “the same core architecture as Windows Vista” — and I wonder if, by the time Windows 7 rolls around, we’ll be seeing a bunch of snarky comments from tech writers wondering why anyone would want to dump a perfectly serviceable OS like Vista for an unproven commodity like 7.
Really, Windows 7 needs to come out in January 2009, so we can give Vista a quick but dignified burial and move on.
Via Slashdot.
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