Microsoft recently prematurely posted the potential names for their upcoming operating system, Vista. As reported by EntMag.com, they later retracted and stated that the names were posted on the Vista help system as a merely a test.

The names included on that page were the following:

• Windows Starter 2007
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Ultimate

Now I have to seriously wonder if Microsoft really needs 6 different SKU’s for this operating system. I thought the whole idea was to make things a bit simpler and not more complicated. Is this not simply going to cause confusion among the general population if there are so many versions of the same operating system in the market? One has to wonder if this course of action is truly a good idea. Just my two cents.