Next Version of Windows Named 'Vista'

[Agozer]

Wouldn't be the first time Microsoft took someone else's name for their product.

[suvo]

Microsoft may be in trouble for naming its forthcoming operating system Vista after it transpired that the name has been registered by an American company for nearly six years.

 

Vista, which operates a small business internet interchange, is actually based in Microsoft's home town of Redmond. It was started in May 2000 by John Wall, the founder of Wall Data and an erstwhile investor in SCO.

"We are going to consider our options and talk to Microsoft," Wall told The Seattle Times. Vista has not yet filed suit against the software giant.

Microsoft announced the new name for its operating system on Friday and said that the first beta code would be available on 3 August.

 

"There is no more Longhorn; it is now officially Windows Vista," said Kevin Johnson, group vice president of Microsoft's worldwide sales, marketing and services.

 

Hopefully they'll change the name...

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hopefully ! btw , does anyone have any more info on this crappy named system just wondering... im wanna read up on it

[Gryph]

Microsoft may be in trouble for naming its forthcoming operating system Vista after it transpired that the name has been registered by an American company for nearly six years.

 

Vista, which operates a small business internet interchange, is actually based in Microsoft's home town of Redmond. It was started in May 2000 by John Wall, the founder of Wall Data and an erstwhile investor in SCO.

"We are going to consider our options and talk to Microsoft," Wall told The Seattle Times. Vista has not yet filed suit against the software giant.

Microsoft announced the new name for its operating system on Friday and said that the first beta code would be available on 3 August.

 

"There is no more Longhorn; it is now officially Windows Vista," said Kevin Johnson, group vice president of Microsoft's worldwide sales, marketing and services.

 

Hopefully they'll change the name...

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hopefully ! btw , does anyone have any more info on this crappy named system just wondering... im wanna read up on it

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http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/vista.asp

 

That guy is such a Windows fanboy.

[suvo]

thanks gryph i wanna sign a pettiton to make vista burn !!!

edit rofl check this out

 

Q: Did Microsoft consider other names?

 

A: Yes. I'm told that the company had a list of a half dozen names that reached the final round of consideration. However, Microsoft refuses to discuss what those choices were. The company considered everything from simple numbers "Windows Seven" or "Windows 07") or letters (like XP) to fanciful, inventive names, including words that don't exist today. In the end, Microsoft wanted to describe the value proposition of Windows Vista with its name.

 

Microsoft executives tested a number of potential names with focus groups and then finally presented its choice to group senior vice president Jim Allchin, who approved it. In the end, the company believes that the Windows Vista name is a "wonderful intersection of what the product really does, what Windows stands for, and what resonates with customers, and their needs."

Edited July 27, 2005 by suvo

[Gryph]

The first beta was released today. Check out some nifty pics.

http://www.freeinternetsecurity.info/conte...112-screenshots

[Agozer]

There sure is a lot of eye-candy.

[Gryph]

That dark theme is actually really awesome.

[Lucandrake]

That dark theme is actually really awesome.

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Did you just consider vista awsome?

[Gryph]

I said the theme is good looking. I don't know how the actual operating system works.