Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?

Ed Bott from ZDNet writes:

"I'm reading more and more about Windows 7 lately as PDC approaches and Microsoft begins revealing more snippets of information about its most secretive product ever. In most of that coverage, I've noticed an assumption that Windows 7 is going to be the final name of the product. I've been guilty of leaping to that conclusion myself.

But a reader asked the other day why Microsoft is calling it Windows 7, and as I worked on my response to that question, it struck me that it's entirely possible, even likely, that the next release of Windows will get a new name before it hits the streets. (Keep reading, and I'll give you a chance to compare your prediction with mine.)"