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."
Version? (Score:2, Interesting)
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?
Re:Why not just issue a theme? (Score:3, Interesting)
one of the things they're waiting for... (Score:3, Interesting)
Where's the real news? (Score:5, Interesting)
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.
codename (Score:2, Interesting)
I know the right name: (Score:4, Interesting)
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.
The Reason they Chose this..... (Score:3, Interesting)
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...
What will Windows Vista do for me? (Score:3, Interesting)
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
Its official (Score:2, Interesting)
Hmmmmm.... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Sucks to be this company... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Where's the real news? (Score:3, Interesting)
Are you suggesting microsoft technology matters more than microsoft marketing?
LOL!
Hasn't the reality been that Microsoft's marketing has always mattered far more than any of the technical components they release?
Re:Chicken (Score:3, Interesting)
You'll just have to lookup vic-20 in wiki for that. Likewise, the Japanese video game Puck-Man was changed for fear of US graffiti.
Spanish Moda (Score:3, Interesting)
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?
Re:One of? (Score:3, Interesting)
Windows NT
Windows XP
Windows DRM
Well, I'm going to start calling it that - I wonder how far we can spread the meme before it's finally launched?
Re:Lawsuit in 3, 2, 1 ... (Score:2, Interesting)
i remember a really good fractal terrain generating program for amiga called 'vista'. anyone else remember that?
Re:Chicken (Score:3, Interesting)
Can any icelandics confirm that this is the case?
Well, if you googled for "tussa", you would see it means cunt. I didn't find any other reference for "kraft" than a powerlifter federation, but "cunt power" doesn't go over that much better I think...
Kjella