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Windows Seven (previosly known as "Vienna" [formerly known as "Blackcomb"]) is the name for the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, originally announced in February 2000, but has since been subject to major delays such as Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista (which was also delayed by XP SP2). Microsoft has stated that "Seven" should be released in late 2009 or early 2010 (Bill Gates said it could be anywhere between 2009-2010), work on Windows Seven began right after Windows Vista was released. As of May 2007, the name of the operating system used by Microsoft is unknown, though "Windows Seven" was noted in a job posting as a possible working name for the project, and is the only name by which the next version of Windows can currently be called.

'''Windows Seven''' (previously known as "Vienna" [formerly known as "Blackcomb"]) is the name for the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, originally announced in February 2000, but has since been subject to major delays such as Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista (which was also delayed by XP SP2). Microsoft has stated that "Seven" should be released in late 2009 or early 2010 (Bill Gates said it could be anywhere between 2009-2010), work on Windows Seven began right after Windows Vista was released. As of May 2007, the name of the operating system used by Microsoft is unknown, though "Windows Seven" was noted in a job posting as a possible working name for the project, and is the only name by which the next version of Windows can currently be called.

Microsoft has declined from discussing details about Windows Seven in public as they focus on the release and selling of Windows Vista, though some early details of a few core operating system features have sufaced at developer conferences such as WHEC in 2006.

Microsoft has declined from discussing details about Windows Seven in public as they focus on the release and selling of Windows Vista, though some early details of a few core operating system features have surfaced at developer conferences such as WHEC in 2006.

Microsoft is planning to release Windows Seven by the end of 2009, according to Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of development with Microsoft's Windows Core Operating System Division.

Microsoft is planning to release Windows Seven by the end of 2009, according to Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of development with Microsoft's Windows Core Operating System Division.

Microsoft originally had planned for Vista to include a number of big changes to Windows, including a new file system ([[WinFS]]) and a completly new user interface, but after Windows XP was hit by huge worm outbreaks in 2003, Microsoft moved almost all of its entire engineering team to locking down Windows with the XP SP2 release.

Microsoft originally had planned for Vista to include a number of big changes to Windows, including a new file system ([[WinFS]]) and a completely new user interface, but after Windows XP was hit by huge worm outbreaks in 2003, Microsoft moved almost all of its entire engineering team to locking down Windows with the XP SP2 release.

"We put Longhorn on the back burner for awhile," Fathi said. "Then when we came back to it, we realized that there were incremental things that we wanted to do, and significant improvements that we wanted to make in Vista that we couldn't deliver in one release."

"We put Longhorn on the back burner for awhile," Fathi said. "Then when we came back to it, we realized that there were incremental things that we wanted to do, and significant improvements that we wanted to make in Vista that we couldn't deliver in one release."

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