Microsoft: Windows 7 to come in 2010

[Nikos Kartalis]

Microsoft as expected, issued a statement clearing up things after Bill Gates announcement that the next major Windows release, Windows 7 will be available next year.

"We are currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and development is scoped to three years from Windows Vista consumer" general availability, a Microsoft spokesman said in an e-mail Friday to InformationWeek.

Windows Vista was released to consumers in late January 2007. That means Windows 7 would not be released until January 2010, according to Microsoft's statement.

Microsoft said Gates may have been referring to trial versions of Windows 7. "As is standard with the release of a new product, we will be releasing early builds of Windows 7 prior to its general availability as a means to gain tester feedback," the spokesman said.

"We're not sharing additional information at this time," the spokesman added.

Well there you have it, no new Windows is coming anytime soon.


News Source | InformationWeek