Windows 8 already cooking, beyond Windows 7

Soni Meinke, a senior program manager in the Windows Server group in an interview with Channel 9 revealed tiny info that the next version of Windows OS is already in its planning stage & her work being engaging with various customers & partners, he is already discussing the plan & strategy around them.

After 3 years since Microsoft released Windows Vista, they are now heading for a brilliant release of Windows 7, the next version of Windows OS. Windows 7 RC is expected to be released next month, April 10th. But, what about the next version of Windows OS? Let us call it Windows 8 for now.

Meinke also added that the The TAP (Technology Adoption Program), the Windows Server Customer Advisory team are also part of this group. Microsoft has not published any details about its next version of Windows OS or Server yet, but it is nice to see that they are already planning on it.

"I have been involved in an work around some early planning Win 8. It is been largely focused on establishing a customer tour where they fundamentally go onsite to customers & drill in to their broad cross-Windows server future needs. Not specifically looking at the Win 8 timeframe, but post-Win 7 & beyond. We have completed that with the hope of getting these engagements & voice of the customer throughout the product lifecycle & driving that early on in to the planning system for Win 8"

Whether they like it or not, the Windows Vista failures have guided Microsoft on how they ought to move forward with future releases & development.

You can watch the interview with Soni Meinke below