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What does the "7" in windows7 mean?

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft released the Windows 7 operating system. Users will ask why there are no Windows 5 and Windows 6?

Microsoft’s naming of successive versions of Windows has always been very confusing. It is obviously hoping that users will be deeply impressed by each new version and forget the old version as soon as possible.

The user first used Windows1, Windows2 and Windows3. Then they started naming the software after the year it was released, such as Windows95 and Windows98, and the professional version was named 4.0. Windows 2000 Professional is also named according to the year of release.

Efforts to name the year in the new millennium have been blocked. Microsoft did not dare to name its new system Windows 01, and naming Windows 2001 was inappropriate. Think of the jokes about computer murder in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey." Therefore, the new operating system became XP, an incomplete abbreviation of the word "experience".

It was difficult to find a two-letter abbreviation that reflected its goals for the next version, so Vista was launched. Vista was "bombarded", forcing Microsoft to "break" with it and launch a new version of Windows 7.

Microsoft's official argument for naming Windows 7 is that this version is the seventh version. Starting from Windows NT4.0, skipping Windows 98 and counting XP and 2000 as the fifth version, Vista is the sixth version.

Microsoft Windows President Steven Sinofsky has a different explanation for this. He regards Windows 95 as the fourth version of Windows, and Windows 7 is the follow-up version of Windows 4.0, not Windows 95. subsequent versions.

Windows7 is actually Windows6.1, because Windows7 is only a minor upgrade on Vista, and programs that can run on Vista can also run on Windows7.

Microsoft Global Vice President Mike Nash (MikeNash) said in Microsoft's official Windows blog: "The reason why the company decided to use the Windows 7 naming is very simple. It just means that the company put great pressure on us in order to give Windows an ambitious name. The efforts are not fair. We are still realizing the ambition of WindowsVista and investing heavily in the transformation of WindowsVista to the next generation of Windows." John Long, a retail strategist at market consulting firm KurtSalmonAssociates, pointed out, The term "Vista" is not accepted in all languages, and is especially critical for cross-global products like Windows. "It's logical to name them in numerical order," Long said. He also pointed out that even if Microsoft hesitates on naming, at least it should be loyal to the "Windows" brand.

Lang said that except for the "seven deadly sins", the number "7" is an auspicious number and contains positive connotations. In Japan, "7" is an auspicious number.

The next version after Windows 7 should be Windows 8, which is an auspicious number in Asia. "8" is the most auspicious number in China, which may stimulate China's purchasing power.

The Apple operating system uses the numbers 1-9. When it launched the current version 10, Apple started adding the names of big cats: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard.

Windows products still face many challenges, and Google also plans to launch its own operating system.

At that time, Apple operating systems would be locked on cats when naming, and Microsoft operating systems might be locked on dogs when naming: Windows Greyhound (fast), Windows Dachshund (compact, suitable for small computers), or Windows Cocker Spaniel (pretty beautiful interface).