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Branding irony

14 October 2008 · 8:11 am · Listing to One Side, PEBKAC

Microsoft’s Mike Nash makes the announcement:

[A]s you probably know, since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating system we have been referring to it by a codename, “Windows 7.” But now is a good time to announce that we’ve decided to officially call the next version of Windows, “Windows 7.”

The discussion over this matter, of course, was furious. The Top Ten rejected names for Windows 7:

  1. Windows 6.66
  2. Not Vista
  3. DOS 8.0
  4. [deleted pending issuance of Service Pack]
  5. Windows 08SE
  6. Ocelot
  7. “Who cares, Apple’s gonna make fun of it anyway”
  8. Really Not Vista
  9. ActiveVex
  10. Windows XP Service Pack 4

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2 comments

  1. McGehee »

    14 October 2008 · 8:31 am

    11. PCOSX

  2. Jeff Shaw »

    15 October 2008 · 7:06 am

    12. Windows BSOD404

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