Might Microsoft’s Midori Be "Cairo" Revisited?

My post about Microsoft’s post-Windows operating system, code-named “Midori,” elicited some interesting responses–and a few potential new clues over the past week. Microsoft’s Midori–from what little I’ve been able to glean about it–is a next-generation Microsoft operating system that is currently in “incubation,” meaning that it’s likely to be launched sooner than a typical Microsoft Research project, but not so soon as to obviate the need for Windows 7 and Windows 8. In other words, we’re looking at a new non-Windows operating system to debut some time before CEO Steve Ballmer retires, but not before late 2009/early 2010.

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