Ron Schenone

Rumor – Microsoft To Release Windows 7 By 2009?

Posted by on Jan 21, 2008 | 4 Comments

Interesting how a rumor can take on a life of its own. The one being propagated around the Internet seems to indicate that Microsoft will release Windows 7, the replacement for Vista, in 2009. One rumor mill even indicated it would be the first half of 2009. The reasoning is that Vista has received a lukewarm acceptance in the Windows community. Oh really?

I think one would have to look at several issues. First one is Microsoft has invested a lot of time, energy & cash into Vista and I would seriously doubt they are going to toss it to the wolves. Second is testing time. If these rumors were true, than beta testing would need to start sometime this summer. Oh, there is a third reason also. Microsoft has never completed an operating system on time. So even if a target date of mid-2009 was set, odds are it would extend into 2010 as many feel is a true target date.

So are these rumors all false? Maybe. But only if you believe that anonymous sources, industry insiders and goblins really exist.

Than again stranger things have happened.  Like who would of thought that the Gaints would be going to the Super Bowl! :-)

Comments welcome.

[tags]windows 7, microsoft, rumor, insiders, release, vista,  [/tags]

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/theoracle/ the oracle

    No matter what figures you bring up, the perception is that Vista is a pig, and needs to be put out of its misery. And in the computer business perception IS reality.

    Since MS starts these projects so far ahead of delivery time, I find it not unreasonable that the date may have been pushed forward (especially when you remember that Vista was technically very late in its arrival – according to earlier MS calendars, over a year at least.) Coupled with the fact that MS was willing to sell something that should never have been out of beta, means they just might do it again (compress the development time from both ends).

    The most telling thing about this is the many sites I’ve visited where a poll is taken, and the responder has a chance to see the results. I’ve seen many of these where big companies are (if we can believe the polls) going to sit this one out – using XP until the next revision comes out, since Vista has gotten such bad marks by the early adopters.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Heh Marc,
    “the perception is that Vista is a pig, and needs to be put out of its misery”
    But how do you really feel about Vista ? LOL
    Thanks for dropping by.

    Regards, Ron

  • Denny

    Hi Ron & Mark……

    If Microsoft Comes Out with WINDOWS–7………
    Then Maybe Everybody Will STOP – COMPLAIN-IN about “VISTA”

    I think It’s Part of Microsoft’s BIG Plan…..
    __________OR___________
    Maybe Windows–7 Will be So Bad__everyone will Like__”VISTA”

  • Rolf

    No surprise!
    VIsta was shipped to enterprises in late 2006, to endconsuments January 2007.
    Windows 7 will ship late 2009. So what?