Longhorn's Offical Name is Windows Vista 774
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."
Name confusion? (Score:5, Insightful)
Registration (Score:5, Insightful)
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...
Sucks to be this company... (Score:4, Insightful)
Naming schema (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:One of? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:One of? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Version? (Score:3, Insightful)
Schwarzy would like it... (Score:2, Insightful)
Windows V (Score:1, Insightful)
--
Mickaël Rémond
http://www.3pblog.net/ [3pblog.net]
Re:Where's the real news? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Name confusion? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Chicken (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Name I would like to see for next Microsoft OS (Score:2, Insightful)
</offtopic>
Re:Name confusion? (Score:1, Insightful)
That SuperTux game is quite a passable rip-off of Super Mario Brothers 3.
Frozen Bubble may be the most addictive game of all time - the first time you play it.
And they are just the free ones. There are proper commercial big name games, like Doom 3 and Quake 3, for Linux if you want them and are prepared to buy them - may need full support for graphics card apropos drivers, which can sometimes be tricky.
Re:Where's the real news? (Score:4, Insightful)
Why? Sure, it's not the world's greatest name, but it's no worse (to me) than say Mandriva (why, Mandrake, why?)
if I'm going to pay $30 for a digital movie, I would much rather have it on a DVD where I can play it wherever I want than a digital media file with so much DRM that I have to give my first born to get it to play on ONE computer, much less my 4 computers
I adore the irony of a person decrying an OS for supposed integration of DRM favouring DVDs with their CSS encryption, region-locking and associated law suits...
And I can just forget linux, because obviously those FSF people are too inconsiderate to give us "features" like trusted computing.
Maybe the FSF won't, but IBM are working on it [ibm.com].
Hey, here's an idea - how about you wait until the OS has been released and reviewed (or at least previewed from a release candidate build) before ripping it to shreds for imagined undesirable features?
Is it me? (Score:3, Insightful)
"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!
Re:Vista Cruiser (Score:1, Insightful)