14 DAY TRIAL // Don’t expect Windows to remain frozen in time, it simply won’t be the case, at least not according to Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. In a recent experiment, Windows 1.0 was upgraded all the way to Windows 7, from one successive version of the platform to another, proving the company’s strong focus on backward compatibility.
While it’s hard to doubt the fact that Microsoft will do something to break the chain of Windows releases, Windows did evolve considerable, and this evolution is far from over, Ballmer hinted.
Microsoft’s CEO revealed that Windows will change in the future, to the point where it will feel quite different compared to today’s copies of the OS, according to SeattlePI.
“Windows will look a lot different and it will run different applications [than it does in 2011]”, Ballmer promised. “Will all these innovations, will Windows look like it does today? Of course not!”
Ballmer was referring to the future of Windows and not to a specific forthcoming version of the operating system, but there’s a chance that the dramatic change he spoke of could start with the successor of Windows 7.
In the past, Microsoft’s CEO was quoted saying that Windows 8 will be the software giant’s riskiest product bet over the next few years.
At this point in time official details on Windows 8 are still kept under a tight lid in Redmond, with the company insisting on referring to the next version of its operating system with the Windows vNext moniker.
During the meeting at Union Square in Minute Maid Park in Houston, Ballmer emphasized the fact that as the entire industry accelerates, Microsoft continues to be perfectly capable of moving faster, in order to keep up the pace with its competitors.