Windows Vista was released by Microsoft early this year and is the latest in a long line of desktop operating systems, surprisingly Microsoft have already released a shipping date for its successor called “Windows 7” formally code named “Vienna”

At the annual Microsoft’s Global Exchange sales conference in Orlando last week, Microsoft gave preliminary information out about “Windows 7,” stating that a 32 and 64 bit version with consumer and bossiness editions is expected to be available in 2010, leaving about a three-year development period. My understanding is that Microsoft is also considering how to make “Windows 7” a subscription-based service as well as a standalone product

Whether this date is achieved is another matter as Windows Vista arrived several years behind schedule and is still considered by many including myself as unstable to deploy in a working environment.

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