Ed Bott: Im reading more and more about Windows 7 lately as PDC approaches and Microsoft begins revealing more snippets of information about its most secretive product ever. In most of that coverage, Ive noticed an assumption that Windows 7 is going to be the final name of the product. Ive been guilty of leaping to that conclusion myself.
But a reader asked the other day why Microsoft is calling it Windows 7, and as I worked on my response to that question, it struck me that its entirely possible, even likely, that the next release of Windows will get a new name before it hits the streets. (Keep reading, and Ill give you a chance to compare your prediction with mine.)
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