Longhorn's Offical Name is Windows Vista

UnkleAsdf writes "The folks at Redmond have long pointed to the user interface of the next generation Windows release as one of its major selling points. Now, it appears Microsoft has chosen an official name for Longhorn with just that in mind. Enter: Windows Vista. Microsoft is expected to make an official announcement early Friday morning." From the article: "Microsoft has also registered domains to go along with the newly christened Windows, including windowsvista.com. The domains were registered in late March, indicating the company made the decision even before WinHEC gave developers their first taste of Longhorn in over a year."

Comments

If this OS is a vista...

[m93]

then the view thus far is crappy.

one question

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it run linux?

Re:one question

[Ignominious Cow Herd]

No, that would be Windriva.

(I can't believe it took that long to get a -driva post here! You guys are slipping.)

Running out of ti.. names.

[shadowcode]

Windows Vista, that doesn't sound quite right. I think they're running out of names.

Re:Running out of ti.. names.

[Alex P Keaton in da]

I think it is appropriate-
On family trips my dad's joke was to point out any nice looking scenery and say "what a nice vista."
One time, while traveling to MA from Ohio, he pulled into a rest stop that said "scenic vista." He had a low speed accident, or crash in that rest stop, and now I associate the word vista with crash.
Wasn't one of the ugliest cars in history named the Vista? The Colt Vista, imported for Dodge?
http://www.intellichoice.com/reports/vehicleReport /vehicle_nmb/100009877/type/used

Re:Running out of ti.. names.

[bjomo]

Yeah, they already used up the good ones like Windows XP, Windows 2000, and the most fabulous of all Windows 3.1. What dolt modded the parent insightful?

Re:Running out of ti.. names.

[cybersaga]

Windows Vista, that doesn't sound quite right. I think they're running out of names.

Since they've been using the name 'Windows' for the past 20 years, I wonder why it took you this long to figure that out.

Re:Running out of ti.. names.

[khazad]

On family trips my dad's joke was to point out any nice looking scenery and say "what a nice vista."

Oh, he was a funny one.

Re:Running out of ti.. names.

[NanoGator]

"Windows Vista, that doesn't sound quite right. I think they're running out of names."

Yeah, gee, if they could only come up with something as cool as Gentoo, Suse, or Linspire.

Chicken

[Letaals]

Windows Vista in latvian would be Windows Chicken, now that is very lucky for us latvians.. "I hate chicken!"

Re:Chicken

[haeger]

Honda did something similar in Europe. They were going to name a car Honda Fitta which would be unfortunate since "Fitta" means "Cunt" in swedish.

They managed to get a slogan too. "Small on the outside but large once you get in".
Needless to say the Honda manager in Sweden wasn't very amused when the papers called him and asked about this.

Oh, they rebranded it. Now it's called Honda Jazz.

.haeger

Re:Chicken

[Himring]

I went to a restaurant and I ordered a chicken sandwich, but I don't think the waitress heard me 'cause she asked how I'd like my eggs. So I tried answering her anyways. "INCUBATED! Then hatched, then raised, then beheaded, then plucked, then cut up, then put onto a grill, then put onto a bun. Damn, it's gonna take a while. I don't have the time. Scrambled! -Mitch Hedberg

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mitch_Hedberg

Rest in peace Mitch....

According to Dictionary.com

[jpiggot]

Vista is -- "A distant view or prospect"

Which only makes sense, because I'm sure it'll be delayed...ooooh...me thinky long time.

One of?

[PeteDotNu]

"The folks at Redmond have long pointed to the user interface of the next generation Windows release as one of its major selling points."

There seem to be a few surplus characters in that sentence. The words "one of" and that final "s" seem to have been typed by accident.

Re:One of?

[Soul-Burn666]

More like Windows More-Stuff-To-Disable-On-First-Login or Windows MSTDOFL.

Re:One of?

[Jondor]

Or windows "look don't touch"..

Why not just issue a theme?

[soops1966]

Instead of all this R&D why don't they release a bew theme for XP. Save a lot of messing around.

Could have new widgets that ate memory, CPU, disk space and to phone home.

Cheaper and faster than how they're doing it now.

Mental imagery

[quokkapox]

The word "vista", for me, brings to mind the idea of something hazy, and far, far away in the distance.

Perfect.

Another Dissapointment

[Anonymous Coward]

Despite all the disspointing announcements lately about features being dropped from Longhorn, at least it still had a cool name. Now that's gone too.

Obviously..

[joshsnow]

..they dared not name it after a year. That would have been like 3drealms naming Duke Nukem 1998 instead of Duke Nukem forever.

Re:Obviously..

[KiloByte]

Right. Instead of missing your deadlines, you can give yourself some safety space.
Like, Chessmaster 2000 was released in 1986, 3000 in 1991. The latest dated version is 9000 -- this means, they still have 7995 years until their next deadline. I believe they have a fair chance of making it.

Define: Vista

[hcob$]

The view you see outside your office window while your computer switches from Blue Screen of Death to Red Screen of Death, reboots, crashes, pours water on itself, ignites and then explodes.

Oh, and then customer service asks if you have plugged in your computer.

Arnold..

[curtisk]

..can make some good scratch since it appears his political career seems to have limited duration.

{Commercial starts}IT group all a scramble, looks like a technical World War 3, motorcycle boots stomp into the frame, pan up to Arnie's mug...." Windows Vista, Baby!" holding CD at arms length. Looks of salvation on the faces of IT techs.

LOL what am I saying?

Yuck Yuck

[soma_0806]

With a name like Longhorn, they were kind of asking to be re-"branded"

Apple's new marketing strategy.

[pharwell]

This will be great for Apple's marketing division. In the new "switch" commercials, they could get Schwartzeneggar to say "Hasta la Vista, Windows!"

astalavista

[Inigo Soto]

Will this be their *cough* registration site?

Whew!

[XxtraLarGe]

I was worried they were going to pull one-upsmanship on Apple and name it Windows "Liger", (which is bred for its skills in magic).

Other Rejected Names

[WombatControl]

After dumpster diving outside Redmond, I managed to come up with this list of alternate names compiled by Microsoft's marketing team:

• New Windows
• Windows Edsel
• Windows Nova (with an extra push for sales in Latin America)
• Microsoft Bob 2.0
• Windows: Ishtar Edition
• Windows: Enterprise
• Windowfalls (To be paired with a quirky yet brilliant drama/comedy on the Fox network)
• Windows Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Windows XP 2: Electric Bugaloo

For the launch of Windows 95, Microsoft used The Rolling Stones, for Windows XP it was Jay Leno. For the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft will use a celebrity guest that represents the future of the product: Microsoft is considering David Caruso, Shelley Long, John Travolta, or Kevin Costner...

Re:Vista?

[mhifoe]

How about WinVi?

Then the next version can be WinEmacs.

New Name for Windows Explorer

[dsginter]

Vista Cruiser!

Re:This is the mexican name. What is the gringo na

[leftistcoast]

Probably 'Nova'.

Re:Name confusion?

[Anonymous Coward]

>Asta lavista, Alta Vista. You have fewer lawyers.

Since when does the Terminator care about lawyers? They are only good for target practice!

Hasta La Vista, Baby!

http://mifshow01.free.fr/Amiga/Original/terminator %202.jpg

Re:Sucks to be this company...

[inkdesign]

or these guys...

Re:Version?

[Anonymous Coward]

And the next version will be 6.6.6

They are lucky

[MarkByers]

Oh I think they will make a deal with Microsoft. If they agree to change their name, they'll probably even get a free X-Box, and maybe a couple of games.

Vista????

[Anonymous Coward]

It sounds like a cheap resort hotel. I guess Longhorn is targetting the home user; it's hardly a corporate friendly name.

"Welcome to Windows Vista. Here are your complementary towels and fly swatter. You're in room 205. It has a nice balcony view of the interstate. Checkout's at 5am. Enjoy your stay."

No numbers this time?

[Dachannien]

I guess Windows 2012 just doesn't have that "ring" to it.

Now for the lawsuits

[zymurgy_cat]

And in related news, Microsoft announced it was suing the following cites/towns/counties for trademark infringement:

Vista, CA
Vista, MO
Vista, FL
Vista, IA
Vista, MN
Vista, MT
Vista, NM
Vista, NV
Vista, NY

What Bill Gates has in mind...

[Parelius]

..is naturally: Hasta la Vista, Linux!
This OS will will grab Linux by the balls with its iron fist and crunch it! Yeah, baby!

6.0?

[Vo0k]

Remove a few more features you had announced and it will be more like 5.2.0.1-rc1

better name in light of the terrorist attacks...

[TEMM]

Windows Freedom, oh the irony.

Re:Where's the real news?

[Dunbal]

Let's hope Vista is more than a new color scheme and fancy GUI components.

I am sure it will contain a whole new way for anyone to see and share your files...

6 degrees of Windows...

[sczimme]

then the view thus far is crappy.

1) Longhorn has been changed to Vista.

2) Vista means 'view'.

3) It's still a long way off - and it was called Longhorn, so we wouldn't be out of line calling it 'Long View'.

4) 'Long View' is a song by the band Green Day.

5) Green Day released an album called 'Dookie'.

6) Dookie is a slang term for feces (i.e. crap).

Hey, you're right!

Re:6 degrees of Windows...

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmm.. isn't Kevin Bacon supposed to be on that list?

Re:6 degrees of Windows...

[chjmiller]

and green day was on carson daly for the same show as Kyra Sedgwick who is married to kevin bacon. i did it!

Re:6 degrees of Windows...

[frodo from middle ea]

I have a shorted route...

Vista, in Sanskrit means crap.

Re:6 degrees of Windows...

[Anonymous Coward]

That is hardly funny. Make sure to at least learn Sanskrit before assigning meanings to words which aren't even a part of Sanskrit. Let me guess, Sanskrit was the first 'exotic' language which popped into your head? If your post was funny, it could remotely have been justified. It's not and is just an annoyance.

You might want to see a doctor about that stick up your ass.

Acronym fun!

[jetsfandb]

Who can come up with the best description, pretending Vista was an acronym?

Heres my lame entry to get things started:

Very
Intrusive
Software,
Tainting
All.

Re:Acronym fun!

[Vo0k]

Vile Intrigue: Stopping The Advancement.
Visual Interface Shell To Annihilation
Virtual Idiot Slowing Them All.
Very Fast, Straight To Asylum

Re:Acronym fun!

[ylikone]

Vastly
Irrelevant
Struggle
To
Assimilate

or

Virus
Infestation
Starts
To
Appear

Re:Vista... Sounds like a small Chevy...

[Dunbal]

No, no, no Ford was from Betelgeuse not Vega...

Re:Name confusion?

[jurt1235]

Well, Terminator is a good name for MS windows. It will surely end all your computer fun (-:

That..doesn't make sense

[Marc2k]

Windows Vista will likely be shortened to:

Windows VI

Why...on earth would anyone shorten Windows Vista to Windows VI? Your logic is blowing my mind. ..but besides that, everyone knows that the REAL power is in Windows EMACS; heck, it's so bloated, it's almost a full operating system!

Re:Registration

[88NoSoup4U88]

Very true, see also the registered domains :

www.windowsXPwithsomeextrathemes.com
www.windowsIhopewegetitsecurethistimearound.com
www.windowsYP.com
and www.windowsdielinuxdie.com

;)

Been there, done that

[Luscious868]

I liked it better when it was called Tiger ... oh wait .....

Hasta La VISTA Windows....

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.geocities.com/jonmason1977/gates900.jpg

Beetle

[Vo0k]

Now all they need is to codename a release "beetle" and spread the WV-VW confusion.

Windows Virgin!

[laffer1]

I think Windows Virgin is a better name. We've already seen Windows XP.. aka Experienced.. this one has a new "kernel" and eye candy.. its a virgin to hack for the very first time!

W-V

[Anonymous Coward]

vv v <- One tooth missing

Re:Name confusion?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sure Micro$oft was talking about the latter.

Re:Name confusion?

[Ced_Ex]

Well, Terminator is a good name for MS windows. It will surely end all your computer fun (-:

Well, I know for certain that Linux ended my computer fun.

WHERE ARE THE GAMES?!

Re:Vista is a rewrite from the ground up (right?),

[saider]

Windows source code

int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
{
float value;

// splashscreen("Windows 3.1");
// splashscreen("Windows 95");
// splashscreen("Windows Me");
// splashscreen("Windows 2000");
// splashscreen("Windows XP");
splashscreen("Windows Vista");
grindHarddrive();
showDestop(DISABLE_CURSOR);
wait(20000);
showDesktop(ENABLE_CURSOR);

while( rand() > 0.9 )
{
doWork();
}

bluescreen(geterror(rand());
return 0;
}

Re:Name confusion?

[bbzzdd]

Now if Microsoft can't nail astalavista.box.sk for posting Windows product ids, they can sue for violating their product name.

Re:better name in light of the terrorist attacks..

[anaesthetica]

Why would Microsoft want to name their OS after France?

Like all things Longhorn, this too shall change

[Anonymous Coward]

Like all things Longhorn, this too shall change

Re:Name confusion?

[pilgrim23]

I had my money on "Windows Copeland"...

Mod parent troll! :P

[Spy der Mann]

It has a link to a shock site.

Oh, wait...

Let the war begin

[kanweg]

Windows VI? Ha! Windows eMX is better!

Bert

Better than Windows XP ("Windows Yuck!")

[mkcmkc]

(turn your head sideways...)

Re:Mod me up bitches

[tsa]

Fantastic picture on this web site! Is it there yet? Nope, I still can't see it. Not even on the horizon...

Re:Name confusion?

[rmdir -r *]

Perhaps this is difficult for you. Let me try to explain this visually:

--- <-Joke

_
/_\ <-Your Head
-|-
/\

Re:Mod me up bitches

[kisielk]

Heh, looks like the two people are standing on a cliff edge ready to jump.. "farewell cruel world!" ;)

No Penguins on Vista Island

[Kamiza Ikioi]

What's that view the cute couple is looking at?

It's Operation Pengu-in Pengu-out, of course! Windows Vista: "The water runs red in 2006!"

MS does not endorse killing entire colonies of penguins with depth charges. However, it simply doesn't think they should be allowed to breed for free and in the open for all to see (think of the children!), and is humanely protecting other marine life from the terrorist penguins... by blowing them up.

Ob PCU

[nitehawk214]

Droz: Sandscrit. You're majoring in a 5,000-year-old dead language.

Guy: Yeah.

Droz: Latin, best I can do. Next!

Next Guy: Phys. Ed.

Droz: Phys. Ed. Okay, you're out of my room. Seriously. Get out.