Vista? Nah Vienna
Even before I get started with this version of Windows Vista, comes the news about ‘Vienna‘. I had been contemplating blogging about this. But Sam Bowler pinged me and I thought, well why not?
Let’s go under the hood (not really, since we don’t even know if there is a hood yet 
) of the next operating system from Microsoft.
Excerpts from Wikipedia
Windows “Vienna” (formerly known as Blackcomb) is Microsoft’s codename for a future version of Microsoft Windows, originally announced in February 2000, but has since been subject to major delays and rescheduling. As of February 2007, the name of the operating system used internally is undisclosed and is not used publicly by Microsoft. [1]“
Hold on! Now where did this news come from then? Tech evangelist Robert Scoble let the Vienna cat out of the bag over on Channel 9.
The Vienna code name marks a return to city code names. In the past, Microsoft used such code names as Cairo, Chicago, and Detroit for its Windows products. A Microsoft spokesperson noted that the company’s new code-name strategy for OS products is to use names for “the kinds of places we all want to see [and] experience and that capture the imagination. Vienna fits with this concept.” So did Blackcomb, although it’s a picturesque ski resort in British Columbia, not a major city.
Vienna is expected to be released in 2009. Now that is much closer compared to Windows Vista having been released after 5 years from Windows XP’s release.
Vista shipped about two-and-a-half years after XP SP 2, and Vista’s follow-up is expected to take about the same amount of time.
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