Ever since the last quarter of 2006, when a survey was held on a Microsoft web site, where one of the questions towards the end of the survey was "Have you ever heard of Windows Mesa?", the question itself and the answer to it, has foxed many! But it appears that codename "Vienna" (Blackcomb/Windows7) will be/has been re-codenamed as Windows MESA in its 5th phase of development. Is this true ? Your guess is as good as mine; but searching carefully...very carefully can give one that impression. But then, what's in a name !? First Blackcomb; then Vienna, then Windows7 & now (?)Mesa(?). Why Windows 7? Vista is Windows 6, hence the next generically reffered to as Windows 7 ! ...Incidentally, this next OS (irrespective of the codename) was originally timelined 2011, Latest reports indicate it as 2010. As a result, Microsoft Corp. has already said that it would limit support for three versions of the Windows Vista operating system, including its most expensive Ultimate, to 5 years rather than the usual 10 years ! ...
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