Microsoft names new operating system.

[Daikun]

Microsoft announced Friday that it will call its next-generation operating system "Windows Vista."

The much-anticipated operating system had formerly been code-named "Longhorn."

Microsoft also unveiled the Windows Vista website (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx) and said the first beta test version of the system, which will be targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by Aug. 3. The system is scheduled to be released late next year.
Source: CNN Money (http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/technology/microsoft_vista/index.htm?cnn=yes)

[Ben]

Even Microsoft has gone metrosexual, I see.

[solarflere]

Nice, I was waiting for the official name. I was speculating Windows.Net for its .Net Framework intergrated OS. But Vista WTF?

[EightOh]

Sounds like a car name, to me...

Narrator: In fact, George, Sr. had snuck out of the attic and gone to a local Ford dealership.
Car Salesman: The Bronco’s been discontinued. We’re trying to shed that whole fugitive on the run thing. This is the Escape.
George, Sr.: What a fun name! May I test drive?

[Wanted]

They should've stuck with letters. Windows VII, anyone? After all, this is like the seventh version of Windows ([to be]available for the home).

[PowerZord]

They should've called it "Windows 2006"

[Zach]

It's still going to suck.

[TrogdorNyimbhat]

I hate the name, but am sure it'll be good.

[Watermelon]

Like I said on another message board, I like the name Longhorn much better.

[solarflere]

Like I said on another message board, I like the name Longhorn much better. What about code name Whisler vs. XP?

[Chad Bonin]

Hm, looks like I'll be buying my next laptop next fall.

Now we just need Nintendo to give the Revolution a final name, and I'll know the names to two things I'll be buying next year.

[Aquadementia]

I'm looking forward to the next Windows OS.
From what I've seen it will have lots of new innovative features. Not that I plan on buying anything from Microsoft again if I don't have to.


But Vista?
That's almost a non-name name.
Maybe 30 years ago that could have been a name that caused a buzz, but to me it sounds like nothing.
And to think, they probably paid someone millions to come up with it.

[Boomhauer]

It's still going to suck.
Lol I see you a big, green Link fan. Tell me that game ain't gonna suck. Man, I've got my money saved for the day it releases. As for calling MS suck, nah, I doubt Billy gonna put us down. I mean, XP has been hot for too long,time to make something more hot I say. Know what I mean?

[Ben]

XP does everything I could ever want. The only reason I would ever need another operating system is because everyone's going to "upgrade" their software so it only runs on this new crap. It's just because no one can bother coming up with actually new ideas.

And as for games: accurately-rendered changing weather effects are great, but I'd take a text adventure with a good story over a super-3D-whatever one with a crappy one.

[.bg]

Seriously, you'd think to hear Nissan Vista, not Windows Vista.

These people have a lawsuit. (http://www.vistawindows.com.au/)

[TrogdorNyimbhat]

Seriously, you'd think to hear Nissan Vista, not Windows Vista.

These people have a lawsuit. (http://www.vistawindows.com.au/) If that's trademarked, as they have been in business for five years, I see a name change in the Microsoft operating system with a popular demand.

[the Amanda]

If that's trademarked, as they have been in business for five years, I see a name change in the Microsoft operating system with a popular demand.

I think that there has to be a confusion issue to have a case, and nobody (hopefully) would confuse actual windows with Microsoft Windows.

[Karl Olson]

I guess they backed off from the rumored named of Windows FX. Not that it would have sounded any cooler, but it would have been keeping with the naming scheme of ME/XP.

[Zach]

All I know is that Vista will run even more crap in the background so your computer runs at mach -20 speeds. Everytime they upgrade Windows, they add more crap we don't need. (I swear, my old computer with 95 on it runs faster than this one with XP on it)

[Lord Dalek]

I kinda like Vista. Sounds like they're going for a 16:9 version of windows,

[Wanted]

16:9 computers suck. My dad ordered a widescreen computer once, and...

...it sucked. So, we returned it and got this piece I'm typing on right now.

[Speedy Boris]

Meh, the Mac names are cooler. Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, etc.

[.bg]

I think that there has to be a confusion issue to have a case, and nobody (hopefully) would confuse actual windows with Microsoft Windows.People like the customer in this story would.
Tech Support: "Ok you should now see a small dialog box on your desktop."
Customer: "I don't see any box on my desktop."
Tech Support: "Hmmm, are you sure? It looks like a small window with an 'OK' button in the middle of it."
Customer: "How can a window be in my desktop?"
Tech Support: "Sir, what are you looking at?"
Customer: "My desktop like you asked. There's no box on it, just the computer. However I do have a small window at the top of my wall, but I don't see anything that says 'ok'...."
Thinking quickly, I decided to palm the call off to one of our younger support technicians, deciding this would be the perfect "field trip" for him. I told the customer we would have a technician drop by on site that afternoon to help him.

The following is what the unsuspecting young technician experienced.

The customer's house appeared to be in the middle of nowhere: there was nothing but barren land for miles in all directions. As he approached the house, he noticed a ring of cows, dogs, chickens, and pigs running loose and circling the house making an awful noise.

As he approached the house, he noticed a dead, half eaten animal near the front of the house. Later, he learned, whenever the customer needed to feed his dogs, he would step outside and shoot a calf.

Entering the house, the young technician noticed a very large pet door in the door. This was so the dogs and pigs could come and go as they pleased.

Inside the house was absolute filth. Mud and grime covered the floor and the walls, pigs lay on the couch, and dogs sat on the recliner chairs. The stench of filth was unbearable.

The customer took the technician to the back room, where the computer had been set up. A chicken was nesting on top of the monitor and droppings were running down the side.

It was too much. He ran, terrified out of his wits, and never looked back. Later the tech called me from his home, where he was still trying to wash the stench from his clothes. He hadn't been in our ex-customer's house for even five minutes, and his clothes were ruined. There's plenty more where that came from. (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/)

[solarflere]

People like the customer in this story would.
There's plenty more where that came from. (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/) I love that site. I found out about it a few years back. I never knew there were so many ignorant and computer illiterate people in this world.