In a first for a Windows product, Windows (Codename) 7 will be named Windows codename 7 (Vista was known as Longhorn and XP as Whistler before their releases, Wikipedia for a full list). Very creative, Microsoft, I have to say. To me this is starting to feel like what Vista was supposed to be, or perhaps this will be the Windows ME of 2009? I really hope not, but it’s entirely possible considering the amount of money spent trying to get people to let go of XP and make the move to Vista. Does this mean when 7 ships and a service pack is released for it, it’ll become Windows 7.1?

You can read Mike Nash’s blog post here where he reveals this piece of information to the world.