Drawing more Microsoft roadmaps Now that Microsoft has provided an official ship target for Windows 7, the next major version of Windows client, it?s time for some educated guess work.
Windows 7 is the only piece of the Windows client roadmap for which Microsoft is willing to provide a date right now. Here?s what I?d guess about the rest of the client roadmap:
Update to Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack: Fall 2007
Windows Vista SP1
: November 2007
Windows XP SP3
: Late 2007/Early 2008
Windows ?Fiji?
(out-of-band update to Media Center functionality of Vista: Mid- to late 2008
Another Update to Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack: 2009
Windows 7: 2010
On the Windows server side, there?s less need for educated guesses, as the server team provided a futures roadmap at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in May. On the server roadmap:
Windows Server 2008: RTM in fall 2007 (I hear November)
Windows Small Business Server ?Cougar?: 2008
Windows Midmarket Server ?Centro?: 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2: 2009
Next major version of Windows Server: 2011
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