On March 15, 2013, the site reported that a buddy at MSFT Kitchen had unearthed a LinkedIn listing from a Microsoft employee that indirectly mentions Windows 9. The listing offers one of the earliest external signals that internal work on the next-generation platforms was already underway.
It is interesting to note that the person does not say Windows Phone 9 but Windows 9. That phrasing may reflect the direction Microsoft was considering at the time, hinting at closer alignment between the desktop and mobile platforms.
What the listing suggests
- An indirect reference to Windows 9 from a Microsoft employee profile.
- A possible early indication of internal development references to both Windows 9 and Windows Phone 9.
- A source identified as MSFT Kitchen, a site that tracked Microsoft-related job postings and similar signals.
Earlier coverage from March 13, 2013 also noted job listings mentioning Windows Phone 9 deployment testing, reinforcing the impression that the next mobile release was already being prepared behind the scenes.