While many of us are still recovering from, or continuing to explore, Windows Vista, according to internetnew.com, Microsoft has a target release date on their internal calendar for the latest Windows OS dubbed Windows 7. With their 2008 Professional Developers Conference fast approaching this October, rumors have resurfaced that the release will be announced. While publicly, Microsoft has released statements that their latest OS will not be on the market before 2010, the less than sterling reviews of Vista may be encouraging an earlier release. With 5 years of programing between XP and Vista, and Apple's OS X highlighting everything and operating system could be prior to Vista's release in late 06, early 07, Vista's improvements were reduced to a bunch of bell's and whistle neatly bundled with some better graphics.
The question that comes to my mind, does an earlier release really benefit anyone? The question has to asked if a quality upgrade is being released. Every company needs goals and target dates to function, but the focus needs to be on when the release is ready, not what date is the release. At this point, we may be watching commercials next month for "Windows Mojave is Windows 7," which might make more sense to me than the current line, but only time will tell. For now, if you have XP, be grateful you didn't upgrade to Vista; for everyone on OS X, Ubuntu, Debian, or Fedora- I may be joining you soon.
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