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The Windows operating system is not going anywhere for a very long time. In fact, consumers should be prepared to still buy Windows over a decade from the releases of Windows Vista's successors Windows 7 and Windows 8. Microsoft might be hard at work developing non-Windows operating systems such as Singularity and Midori, but the company will not give up on its core product - the Windows platform. With Windows 7 cooking, and with Windows 8 already in planning, the Redmond company is also looking ahead to the future of its proprietary operating system, well beyond the immediate horizon. According to a member of the Windows Core Networking team, Windows operating systems will live to see 2023 and even beyond that.

At the end of the past week, a job posting went live from the Windows Core Networking team for a Software Development Engineer in Test. "Do you want to fundamentally improve the Windows operating system? Are you interested is helping improve customer satisfaction of all future Windows OS releases and many products and developers over the next 10-15 years? If so, consider joining the COM team," reads an excerpt of the job listing (emphasis added).

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-non-Windows-Midori-Windows-to-Live-Until-2023-Well-after-Windows-7-and-8-89847.shtml

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