Steve Ballmer says it's okay to skip Vista

@ 2008/10/18
Ballmer said that Microsoft would be ready for that outcome too. Mentioning Windows 7–he quipped about the creative naming convention of using just "7"–he indicated that Microsoft would be ready for folks that want to skip Vista. In fact, he said Windows 7 would be compatible with Vista.
"Our next release of Windows will be compatible with Vista. The key is let's get on with it. We'll be ready when you want to deploy Windows 7."
Comment from sam706 @ 2008/10/20
thanks ballmer but we already worked that one out...