If you're just getting used to Windows 7, then it may be time to pull out the diary and pencil in a date in 2012 for the upgrade to its successor, unsurprisingly codenamed Windows 8.
The news that the next version of Microsoft's flagship operating system will arrive in 2012 comes from the Microsoft Kitchen fansite, which has obtained a roadmap showing the Redmond giant's plans.
Windows Server?
Apparently, Windows 8 will fit with Microsoft's plans to keep significant OS releases four years apart. The previous major release seems to be not Windows 7, but Windows Server 2008, we're supposed to believe.
While the roadmap is almost certainly the genuine article, the fact that Windows Vista doesn't even appear on the diagram suggests it's aimed at the enterprise IT buyers and has a point to make in making Microsoft look reliable and punctual with its OS releases.
Via Electronista
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mrmarko
November 30th 2009
2. The primary definition of "Cadence" is "A: a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language; B: the beat, time or measure of rhythmical motion or activity." So, if Microsoft intends to maintain a pace to delivery and schedule releases of major OS updates every four years, that is a cadence in the truest sense of the word.
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lemurleaps
November 23rd 2009
1. The slide reads Windows Server Release Cadence (weird word - perhaps its sings songs)
Vista is not a SERVER operating system - that's why its not mentioned - it would have been newsworthy had it been mentioned
I assume you you get paid to write this drivel
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