Gates: Windows 7 sometime in 2009

updated 02:15 pm EDT, Fri April 4, 2008

Gates sees Win 7 in 2009

Microsoft chief Bill Gates said in a seminar today that he expects Windows 7 to appear sometime in 2009, potentially hinting at an accelerated release. The company has to date suggested that it would maintain a three-year development cycle between Vista and the new operating system but will now allegedly see the software "sometime in the next year or so," according to the company co-founder. He declines to provide a more specific timeframe.

Gates also adds that the new OS will focus on more dramatic leaps in technology, including improved integration with cellphones and more advanced support for touch and multi-touch controls, such as those found in the Surface table computer. The company recently showcased an early notebook prototype that would use multi-touch on its main screen.

One recent report also suggests that version 7 may represent a major code break from Vista and require a compatibility layer to support earlier programs.

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climacs

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04/04, 03:19pm | report spam | close reply

what could possibly go

go wrong with this?

"One recent report also suggests that version 7 may represent a major code break from Vista and require a compatibility layer to support earlier programs."

phillymjs

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04/04, 04:16pm | report spam | close reply

Vista took too long...

...and sucks.

Now they're going to rush the next one out to compensate, and it's probably going to suck even worse. Apple already had NeXTSTEP to build on when they made OS X, and it still took years and a couple versions before they got it right.

Any now Microsoft thinks they can do the same thing in a much shorter time?

Excuse me while I laugh.

dimmer

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04/04, 04:28pm | report spam | close reply

But

MS has always been behind with releases: Vista should have been on yer desktop two years before it finally limped out, and have many "modern" gimmicks (WinFS) that got gutted to please the scheduling gods. Saying Windows 7 (System 7?) will ship sooner than expected just gives more wiggle room, imho.

manleycreative

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04/04, 04:41pm | report spam | close reply

Any time Billy speaks...

...duck and cover!

Hmm last one was called Longhorn. This version should be codenamed Brokeback.

Beechlady

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04/04, 05:29pm | report spam | close reply

Microsoft OS's are like..

FISH......Catch and release....you wrestle with them and then THROW THEM BACK!!

Vista is a sucker fish. Not tasty and pretty ugly.

Guest

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04/04, 11:17pm | report spam | close reply

Windows 7 Ready!

Anybody wanna bet how soon we see "Windows 7 Ready" stickers on new machines?

alderplank

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04/05, 07:32am | report spam | close reply

01/11/11 . . .

My estimate for the "official" release date of Windows 7. Of course, that date will probably require M$ to drop all of the intended "new" features and all that will be left is the "classic" layer.

If you want a full Home version with new features of Windows 7, you'll have to wait until 11/11/11. However, the Deluxe Home version won't be available until 2013, but will feature all the original features that were left out of Vista.

I am assuming that the "classic" layer will have ALL of the classic Windows features, including the notorious BSOD.

(It's interesting to note that MS just gave XP an extension of life this week, while prmising early delivery of W7. Have they abandoned all hope for Vista in Redmond?)

resuna

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04/05, 01:37pm | report spam | close reply

AT&T is not AT&T

AT&T Bell Labs was split off as Lucent, and the commercial UNIX development group was split off as USL and sold to Novell, well before Southwestern Bell bought the remnants of the old AT&T to get the name.

The AT&T from the '70s that produced UNIX doesn't exist any more. The AT&T of today is one of the Baby Bells renamed.

Tim_s

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04/05, 04:53pm | report spam | close reply

i don't know

This compatibility layer may be what it takes to make Windows better. Basically, re-code everything to make things work correctly, and then sandbox all the legacy code that sucks so badly. It's what should have been done with Vista. And what WAS done with OS X with the transition away from OS 9. And again with the switch to Intel.

danviento

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04/06, 03:00pm | report spam | close reply

Whoa, wrong way there eld

I was actually insinuating he's in bed with M$, or at least publications that would like to force the kool-aid down our throats.

Guess I have to make that a little more obvious. Maybe if Testy had showed up, it would have been easier...

testudo

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04/06, 10:59pm | report spam | close reply

Re: 01/11/11

I am assuming that the "classic" layer will have ALL of the classic Windows features, including the notorious BSOD.

Just like Classic in OS X still would hang up your computer.

Then again, all OS's (yes, even OS X) will hang and crash at times. We don't have the SPOD (or SBOD) acronym for nothing!

04/06, 11:00pm | report spam | close reply

Re: but

...and have many "modern" gimmicks (WinFS) that got gutted to please the scheduling gods. Saying Windows 7 (System 7?) will ship sooner than expected just gives more wiggle room, imho.

Yeah, but think of all those features from Vista that weren't ready for prime-time. They would be near completion by now, making 7 possibly what Vista was supposed to be.

flur

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04/07, 07:52pm | report spam | close reply

A Bit of Honesty

Microsoft is admitting that the next release of their operating system will be majorly broken.

Nice.

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Gates: Windows 7 sometime in 2009

updated 02:15 pm EDT, Fri April 4, 2008

Gates sees Win 7 in 2009

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what could possibly go

^^^^^

a disaster

everything can go wrong l

Vista took too long...

But

Any time Billy speaks...

Release

Windows 7

Can we officially...

Microsoft OS's are like..

Windows 7 Ready!

01/11/11 . . .

AT&T is not AT&T

i don't know

Whoa, wrong way there eld

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