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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."
Asta lavista, Alta Vista. You have fewer lawyers.
then the view thus far is crappy.
Does it run linux?
Windows Vista, that doesn't sound quite right. I think they're running out of names.
Windows Vista in latvian would be Windows Chicken, now that is very lucky for us latvians.. "I hate chicken!"
Okay, fine, so they picked marketing name. Now what version is it really? Eg W2K was 5.0 and XP was 5.1. So is this 5.2, or 6.0, or what?
Which only makes sense, because I'm sure it'll be delayed...ooooh...me thinky long time.
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"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.
My other processor is big-endian.
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.
Perfect.
it's a blue bright blue Saturday hey hey
..they dared not name it after a year. That would have been like 3drealms naming Duke Nukem 1998 instead of Duke Nukem forever.
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.
And why is that, exactly? Couldn't it be that they made up many names, selected, say, 10, and registered the domain names to prevent leaking of the name and it being registered by someone else ?
Sounds like a very small price for such a big risk, so I don't see any reason why registration in March should indicate that they actually decided to go with that name at that date...
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{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?
Sehr geehrter Toilettenbenutzer!
With a name like Longhorn, they were kind of asking to be re-"branded"
This will be great for Apple's marketing division. In the new "switch" commercials, they could get Schwartzeneggar to say "Hasta la Vista, Windows!"
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Will this be their *cough* registration site?
http://www.vistawindows.com.au/
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).
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
After dumpster diving outside Redmond, I managed to come up with this list of alternate names compiled by Microsoft's marketing team:
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...
How about WinVi?
Then the next version can be WinEmacs.
Vista Cruiser!
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one of the things they're waiting for...is a platform. AMD is solid and at 64 bit, but Intel is MS's ol' buddy. Longhorn was already supposed to be out by now, but...Intel doesn't have a good enough 64bit platform to offer it. That's the wait.
Probably 'Nova'.
So the future Windows will be called Vista. But where is the news that really matters?
I want to know what happened to WinFS, Avalon, Indigo and all the other revolutionary tech that Long... Vista supposedly would offer. How much has been cut and how much does Vista really differ from XP? How much will Vista cost?
Somehow, Vista doesn't seem to be, as Bill Gates once said, the the most important release since Windows 95. Let's hope Vista is more than a new color scheme and fancy GUI components.
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.
I'll probably be modded down for this...
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I guess Windows 2012 just doesn't have that "ring" to it.
Windows 64.
After all, this new version of Windows is likely going to be designed mostly to support the x86-64 CPU instruction set that AMD pioneered and Intel has begun to use, so this sets a break with the 32-bit past of previous Windows versions.
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
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Has anyone else realised that 'Vista' may not be as dumb as it initially sounds?
Windows Vista will likely be shortened to:
Windows VI
'VI' in Roman Numerals is six.
Guess what version Windows Vista will be? 6.0...
Either this is a smart marketing name, or I'm slightly paranoid...
..is naturally: Hasta la Vista, Linux!
This OS will will grab Linux by the balls with its iron fist and crunch it! Yeah, baby!
Hasta la Vista, Windows!
Remove a few more features you had announced and it will be more like 5.2.0.1-rc1
Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
Windows Freedom, oh the irony.
Things work quite well. All the apps work, I can develop with Eclipse, JBoss, and MySQL.
User switching is nice, so my wife can have her own email/office environment.
I rarely have to reboot the machine due to problems.
I don't see the value proposition in upgrading to Windows Vista? What is it supposed to give me?
Sam
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!
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
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.
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No, no, no Ford was from Betelgeuse not Vega...
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Windows Vista will likely be shortened to:
..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!
Windows VI
Why...on earth would anyone shorten Windows Vista to Windows VI? Your logic is blowing my mind.
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Why not just name it Windows 6? It's version 6.0, it doesn't have a year, it's not some stupid cutesey name like "Vista"... minimalism is cool. Of course, Fark's Photoshop cult would have a field day with that. I can see it now... "Windows 666". With a picture of Admiral Ackbar saying, "It's a trap!"
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I liked it better when it was called Tiger ... oh wait .....
Now all they need is to codename a release "beetle" and spread the WV-VW confusion.
Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
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!
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Albeit it has been noted that "vista" has a meaning as an English word (my choice is Volunteers In Service To America) it actually means a lot of things in Spanish and has a very strong Spanish feeling in it.
I've been intrigued for a while for the increasing use of Spanish words in every day speek. Is MS name choice a deliberate attempt to make windows cooler? (well, obviously that is what all the branding thing is about but I meant asking, is there a coolness factor associated with Spanish or Latino things?). Are they trying to be sexier for Spanish speakers? Or is just because how it sounds?
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Why would Microsoft want to name their OS after France?
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Yesterday there was an article on cnet on a medical records system called Vista that was created for the VA hospital system. It may be supported by Medicare for free distribution to small practices. Whether Microsoft itended or not, there will probably be a linkage between their OS and this medical software. http://news.com.com/U.S.+to+offer+doctors+free+ele ctronic+records+system/2100-1022_3-5797866.html
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Windows Vista website
It has a link to a shock site.
Oh, wait...
Windows VI? Ha! Windows eMX is better!
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i remember a really good fractal terrain generating program for amiga called 'vista'. anyone else remember that?
Is it me or is someone merely cutting and pasting all the marketing hype from every other version of Windows, rearranging the words, and putting them in each PR campaign?
"It seamlessly connects you to information, people, and devices that help you get the most out of life."
Yeah, my dreams are all going to come true! I tell ya, marketing reps...they need to die!
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.
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