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Longhorn's Offical Name is Windows Vista

Posted by Zonk on from the you-have-chosen-wisely dept.

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."

5 of 774 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Version? by logik3x · · Score: 5, Informative

    5.2 = windows server 2003 Windows Vista will be 6.0

  2. Re:Chicken by div_2n · · Score: 5, Informative

    For all sorts of poor name choices, check out:

    http://www.i18nguy.com/translations.html

    I am sure someone will mention the Chevy Nova legend, but that's just what it is--a legend.

  3. Re:Name confusion? by ramunas · · Score: 5, Informative

    We Latvians are extatic about the name: Vista in latvian means hen :)))

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    ./R My blog
  4. Re:Name confusion? by michelcultivo · · Score: 5, Informative

    I see a lot of troubles with Brazilian Portuguese:
    Vista = Wear something
    Vista = Eyes
    Vista = Pay with Money

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    http://www.michel.eti.br
  5. Re:6 degrees of Windows... by KH · · Score: 4, Informative

    I didn't know Sanskrit was such a popular language. But (deliberate) ignorance is pretty saddening. I'm a Sanskritist.

    First of all, "vista" actually exists in Sanskrit. Citing from Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictonary: vista m. (ifc. f. aa) a partic. weight of gold (= 80 Raktikaas or a Karsha of 16 Maashas, about half an ounce troy), Praayashc.

    Also, some misconceptions with regard to Sanskrit:

    1) Sanskrit is a South Asian language, not Southeast Asian. (Parts of Southeast Asian cultures used Sanskrit in times, such as in Cambodia, Indonesia. In that regard, Sanskrit was known among East Asian cultures via Buddhism.)

    2) Sanskrit is a language, Devanagari is a script (as another poster points out). Sanskrit can be transcribed in many scripts. In fact, many many South Asian scripts were traditionally used to write down Sanskrit.

    3) Another post about the word "vistara" is pretty much correct. But note that many of them are the same word declined differently. The ablative case (vistarata.h/vistaraat) and the instrumental case (vistare.na) are the most often used.

    I guess the parent poster wanted to be just funny. So, the parent post should be modded accordingly.