Official 6.5 Sprint rom offical yet?

[strra]

Originally Posted by Krisman

This is where microsoft screwed up. Windows 7 comes out in December. Windows Mobile 7 doesn't have a release date.

Terrible idea naming to operating systems 7. It confuses people.

Note not positive that Winmo7 doesn't have a release date. I'm just pretty sure it doesn't.

Lastly why did they name it windows 7?
3.XX -> 95 -> 98 -> 2000 -> XP -> Vista -> 7
I just don't get it. Also yes I left out ME it was just a less stable build of 98 with newer drivers.

basically (iirc)
3.xx = 3
95 = 4
98 = 5
ME = 5.1
2000 = NT 5
XP = 6
Vista = 6.1
7 = 7

[zone23]

Not sure were you guys got your release date for windows 7 at but as far as I know its Oct. 22, 2009.

[TurboFool]

Originally Posted by strra

basically (iirc)
3.xx = 3
95 = 4
98 = 5
ME = 5.1
2000 = NT 5
XP = 6
Vista = 6.1
7 = 7

You started off right, but lost track fast.

In the Win32 line:
Windows 95 = 4.0
Windows 98 = 4.10
Windows ME = 4.90

In the Windows NT line:
Windows NT 3.51 = 3
Windows NT 4.0 = 4.1/4.3 (workstation/server)

From there they progress into a single kernel line:
Windows 2000 = 5.0
Windows XP = 5.1
Windows Server 2003 = 5.2
Windows Vista = 6.0
Windows Server 2008 = 6.0
Windows 7 = 6.1
Windows Server 2008 R2 = 6.1

Now you'll notice that Windows 7 is described as 6.1 instead of 7.0. The ONLY reason for this was the surprise they found at how many applications failed to be compatible with Windows Vista simply because they were looking at that version number and decided they were incompatible, despite otherwise being fully functional. Not wanting a repeat of that with Windows 7, they stuck with 6.1, since the applications just look for 6.x and don't care that much about the tenths.

But overall, yes, if you follow the timeline of major kernel revisions, Windows 7 is, indeed, or at least was meant to be, the 7th major revision. Most other versions of Windows have been minor updates that kept the same overall kernel, which is why it SEEMS like there have been a lot more versions than 7.

Oh, and Krisman, ME was a lot more than a less stable build of XP with newer drivers. It introduced many functions that are fundamental and vital to the state of Windows today, including all of the special folders, system restore, and more. It was also the first version that attempted to get rid of DOS entirely. It was extremely valuable to the Windows ecosystem and despite being unstable (for most, I had no notable issues) still very much counts as a version of Windows.

Originally Posted by zone23

Not sure were you guys got your release date for windows 7 at but as far as I know its Oct. 22, 2009.

Windows MOBILE 7 is what they're talking about.