Yes, Windows 7 is a code name, but just think one moment why they have chosen this codename? May it be because the version has changed from 6.* to 7.*?
I think, Windows 7 was the code name for the OS containing the rewritten kernel (MinWin). Now, as it was the case with Vista - which had the code name "Windows Longhorn" - they realized that "Windows 7" won't be ready to ship in the near future so they decided to just realease a polished version of the old system but kept the code name so everyone gets confused and thinks "Hey, Microsft develops a new OS with cool features like WinFS/MinWin named Windows Longhorn/Windows 7 which will be released soon". Good Marketing. But as soon as the OS gets closer to the release-date, the first CTPs/Betas appear - without all the new cool features. What's left is the polished old version with a new makeup. The only thing you can do with it is to wipe your ass clean with it. And also therfor exists more appropriate stuff like toilet paper.
It really looks like the Article's Windows 7 is not the same as the "MinWin" Windows 7. MinWin is only 64-bit but the article states the OS will be shipped as 32- and 64-bit version - No chance with MinWin.
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Yes, Windows 7 is a code name, but just think one moment why they have chosen this codename? May it be because the version has changed from 6.* to 7.*?
I think, Windows 7 was the code name for the OS containing the rewritten kernel (MinWin). Now, as it was the case with Vista - which had the code name "Windows Longhorn" - they realized that "Windows 7" won't be ready to ship in the near future so they decided to just realease a polished version of the old system but kept the code name so everyone gets confused and thinks "Hey, Microsft develops a new OS with cool features like WinFS/MinWin named Windows Longhorn/Windows 7 which will be released soon". Good Marketing.
But as soon as the OS gets closer to the release-date, the first CTPs/Betas appear - without all the new cool features. What's left is the polished old version with a new makeup. The only thing you can do with it is to wipe your ass clean with it. And also therfor exists more appropriate stuff like toilet paper.
It really looks like the Article's Windows 7 is not the same as the "MinWin" Windows 7. MinWin is only 64-bit but the article states the OS will be shipped as 32- and 64-bit version - No chance with MinWin.