Microsoft brings Windows 7 forward

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I'm sure this wont surprise many,

THE DARK satanic rumour mill has manufactured a great yarn that Microsoft is planning to push forward the release date of Vista's successor.

Hacks at APC magazine have got their paws on a roadmap for Windows 7 which shows that Vole wants to push forward the release from 2010 to 2009.

The proof of the rumour is that there will be three “milestone” builds planned for 2008. Sure enough, the first one named after a motorway up the centre of Blighty, the M1, has been sent off to key partners for code validation.

We are not sure why after calling things after nice national parks in North America, Vole opted for a motorway which busts out of London through the motorway of doom, the M25.

Still the M1 is for the English only and will come in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

The roadmap claims that M2, coincidently named after the the longest motorway not to go past any primary destinations in the United Kingdom, will ship in April.

Other dates are not listed other than the updated RTM release date of in the second half of 2009.

It looks to us that Microsoft is prepared to throw in the towel over Vista early. Vole's big business customers are waiting for it to arrive and are prepared to skip over Vista completely. Microsoft cannot take the risk that the Linux projects will pull their finger out and get some more user friendly systems together instead of dorking around on server-side ideas. Instead, it will promise an early Windows 7 and hope its big customers wait that long.

Lately there has been a screen shot kicking about, which claims to be alpha of Windows 7. It looks a bit like an Apple desktop, and is probably faked by an Apple fanboy to support Steve Jobs claims to divinity.

Microsoft brings Windows 7 forward - The INQUIRER