In its brief lifetime, Windows Vista has been characterized as something of a bloated memory hog by many Microsoft channel partners and customers, some of whom have been clamoring for a slimmer, more simplified version of Windows.Microsoft appears to be listening to these minimalist pleas, at least when it comes to assigning an official name to Windows 7, the successor to Vista that's slated for release sometime in late 2009.
In a Monday post to the Windows Vista team blog, Mike Nash, announced that Windows 7 will be the official name of the OS, marking the first time that a Windows product code name will be carried over to the final version.
Nash also threw readers a dose of logic by noting that the Windows 7 name also denotes the fact that it's the seventh version of Windows that Microsoft has developed.
Andrew Kretzer, director of sales and marketing at Bold Data Technology, sees Microsoft's move to simplify the Windows naming convention as a positive step that he hopes will soon be applied to Microsoft's entire product line.
