Winfuture.de, a German website has reported that Microsoft is considering country specific editions of Windows 7.

In my opinion, releasing so many editions of Windows Vista was a big mistake. There should have been two versions only, just like Windows XP. If Microsoft actually decides to launch different edition for each country then it will confuse the customers even more. I don’t understand what good is a country specific version going to be…

Here’s the Bablefish translation of the Winfuture’s German language article. I don’t feel like editing the translation. It’s easily understood anyway.

Microsoft offers Windows Vista in altogether six variants. With Windows it will give probably again a whole set of editions, whose name is to obviously at least partly change to Vista however to 7.

Only recently we could report that it will give possibly again a “Professional” version mentioned. Now a further detail is added. Obviously Microsoft Windows 7 wants to adapt the names of the editions not only optically to the respective region, but also.

The data our according to sources there is to be designations in different national languages apart from the English names for the different Windows editions also. Therefore Windows became 7 starters, Home basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Ultimate in Germany for example differently are called than in the USA and other English-language markets.

Still the considerations are to have been led not to end, were called it opposite us. At present different possibilities were discussed. There are not concrete examples to call for the time being thus. By an adjustment of the edition names to the respective national language the customers are to be able to recognize in the future probably better, which variant is suitable for them best.

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