Topic: Windows 8 to arrive in 2012

[Clive]

The dust is yet to settle from the launch of Windows 7, and Microsoft is already planning its next operating system.

Windows 8 is set to arrive in 2012, according to roadmap documents unveiled at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference last week.

Website Microsoft Kitchen had slides showing the Redmond giant's plans for the next release, with the next operating system - cleverly codenamed Windows 8 - set to arrive in about 2012. The next version of Server should arrive then, too.

The time frame keeps with previous release cycles, with Vista released to businesses in 2006.

[Simon]

I think that's taking the proverbial.  They are now calling what should be a free service pack, a new OS.

[sam]

I think that's taking the proverbial.  They are now calling what should be a free service pack, a new OS.

well they are just following apple's lead.

[Simon]